A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Champerico in Guatemala. Event id: us7000mqm1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mqm1. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact location, longitude -91.8598° West, latitude 13.6834° North, depth = 35 km. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:58:16 / 3:58 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/06/24 / 2024-06-06 03:58:16 / June 6, 2024 @ 3:58 am.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (53 miles) from Tiquisate (c. 18 200 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Nueva Concepción (c. 11 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Champerico (c. 7 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tiquisate, Nueva Concepción, Champerico (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 67 km S of Champerico, Guatemala.
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