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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near Puerto San José in Guatemala

Posted by admin on May 12, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.8255S, -90.9373WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Puerto San José in Guatemala on Monday. 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 69.24 km (43 miles). The temblor was detected at 14:34:02 / 2:34 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000pytk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pytk. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -90.9373 West, latitude 13.8255 North, depth = 69.24 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/05/25 / 2025-05-12 14:34:02 / May 12, 2025 @ 2:34 pm.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Bernardino, Santa Cruz Balanyá, Patzún (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 87 km (54 miles) from Villa Nueva (c. 406 800 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Petapa (c. 141 500 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Villa Canales (c. 122 200 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Escuintla (c. 103 200 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Chimaltenango (c. 82 400 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Amatitlán (c. 71 800 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Santa Catarina Pinula (c. 68 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 three and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 16 km SW of Puerto San José, Guatemala. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -90.9373° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.8255° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 69.24 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 16 km SW of Puerto San José, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-05-12 14:34:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-12 15:28:57 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 312 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 92 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.821 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.8 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 107 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000pytk Id of event.
Event Code 7000pytk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pytk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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