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Light earthquake: M4.1 quake has struck near La Gomera in Guatemala

Posted by admin on May 26, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.5905S, -91.3481WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 63 kilometers (39 miles) from La Gomera in Guatemala on Monday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 33.948 km (21 miles). The temblor was detected at 12:15:01 / 12:15 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000q1j2. Unique identifier: us7000q1j2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -91.3481° West, 13.5905° North, depth 33.948 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/05/25 / 2025-05-26 12:15:01 / May 26, 2025 @ 12:15 pm.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (c. 62 100 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Puerto San José (c. 18 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Tiquisate (c. 18 200 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Nueva Concepción (c. 11 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Masagua (c. 10 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Río Bravo, Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa, Masagua.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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: 63 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -91.3481° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.5905° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 33.948 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 63 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-05-26 12:15:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-26 13:29:00 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 259 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 55 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.248 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.21 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 208 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 us7000q1j2 Id of event.
Event Code 7000q1j2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000q1j2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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