Quakedle
Puzzle #119 was 43 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala.
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USGS - Tectonic Plates of the Earth
How it scored
- Magnitude
- M5.6 - moderate class
- Magnitude type
- mww - W-phase moment magnitude
- Depth
- 35.0 km - shallow
- Region
- Mexico and Central America
- Tsunami indicator
- USGS tsunami indicator not set
- Felt reports
- 19 DYFI reports
- PAGER alert
- green PAGER alert
- Tectonic plates
- Cocos Plate · North American Plate · Caribbean Plate
- Tectonic context
- The Cocos Plate subducts beneath Mexico and Central America, while faults accommodate motion among the North American and Caribbean plates.
Also on the record
- USGS reports magnitude M5.6. Which standard descriptive class contains it?
- Moderate (M5.0-5.9)
- The hypocentral depth is 35.0 km. Which depth band is it in?
- Shallow (less than 70 km)
- USGS locates the event at “43 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala”. Which broad authored region matches?
- Mexico and Central America
- What does the USGS tsunami indicator say for this event?
- No - USGS did not set the event’s tsunami indicator; that is not a forecast.
- USGS received 19 “Did You Feel It?” reports. Which band is that?
- A few reports (1-99)