A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Ocos in Guatemala. Exact location of event, longitude -92.6894 West, latitude 14.1228 North, depth = 21.6 km. Id of earthquake: us70008nup. Event ids that are associated: us70008nup. The epicenter was at a depth of 21.6 km (13 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 04/04/20 / 2020-04-04 20:58:37 / April 4, 2020 @ 8:58 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:58:37 / 2:58 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vida Mejor I, Mazatán, Champerico (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 68 km (42 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate (c. 13 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Ciudad Tecún Umán (c. 11 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Puerto Madero (c. 9 700 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Ocós (c. 9 500 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Champerico (c. 7 800 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Vida Mejor I (c. 6 500 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Mazatán (c. 5 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 68 km SW of Ocos, Guatemala. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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