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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Puerto San José in Guatemala

Posted by admin on May 27, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.6359S, -91.1723WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Puerto San José in Guatemala. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:11:35 / 7:11 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -91.1723° West, 13.6359° North, depth 78.98 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000q1ql. Id of event: us7000q1ql. The epicenter was at a depth of 78.98 km (49 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/05/25 / 2025-05-27 07:11:35 / May 27, 2025 @ 7:11 am UTC/GMT.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guazacapán, Taxisco, Santa Bárbara (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop). Event epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Escuintla (c. 103 200 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (c. 62 100 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Puerto San José (c. 18 700 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Tiquisate (c. 18 200 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Patulul (c. 14 200 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Santa Bárbara (c. 12 900 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 four and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 49 km SW of Puerto San José, Guatemala.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -91.1723° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.6359° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 78.98 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 49 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 2025-05-27 07:11:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-27 08:17:07 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 184 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.105 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.09 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 165 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 us7000q1ql Id of event.
Event Code 7000q1ql An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000q1ql, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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