A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Champerico in Guatemala. Global time and date of event 25/07/15 / 2015-07-25 08:54:04 / July 25, 2015 @ 8:54 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 46.95 km, -92.0735° West, 13.9704° North. The temblor was detected at 02:54:04 / 2:54 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us20003027. Event ids that are associated: us20003027. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 46.95 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Quetzal, El Palmar, San Bernardino (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Coatepeque (c. 45 700 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Mazatenango (c. 44 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Retalhuleu (c. 36 700 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Nuevo San Carlos (c. 19 200 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Colomba (c. 19 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Tiquisate (c. 18 200 pop). Close country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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