A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Champerico in Guatemala. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:02:46 / 12:02 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000f0ez. Unique identifier: us1000f0ez. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/06/18 / 2018-06-24 18:02:46 / June 24, 2018 @ 6:02 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -92.1646 West, latitude 13.5012 North, depth = 44.76 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 44.76 km (28 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Champerico (c. 7 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Champerico. Country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 92 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala.
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