A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Iztapa in Guatemala. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 54.11 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/05/19 / 2019-05-03 10:56:43 / May 3, 2019 @ 10:56 am. Exact location, longitude -90.542° West, latitude 13.3273° North, depth = 54.11 km. Unique identifier: us70003g7j. Ids that are associated to the event: us70003g7j. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:56:43 / 4:56 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tacuba, Chiquimulilla, Guazacapán (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Acajutla (c. 22 800 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Puerto San José (c. 18 700 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Chiquimulilla (c. 12 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Guazacapán (c. 7 100 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Taxisco (c. 6 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Tacuba (c. 5 100 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-four 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 69 km SSE of Iztapa, Guatemala. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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