A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Champerico in Guatemala on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 17.407 km, -91.88° West, 13.6214° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 17.407 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000q772. Id of event: us6000q772. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/04/25 / 2025-04-19 08:43:49 / April 19, 2025 @ 8:43 am. 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 08:43:49 / 8:43 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 93 km (57 miles) from Tiquisate (c. 18 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Nueva Concepción (c. 11 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Champerico (c. 7 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tiquisate, Nueva Concepción, Champerico.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 74 km S of Champerico, Guatemala.
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