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Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near Momostenango in Guatemala

Posted by admin on June 6, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 15.0633S, -91.3754WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Momostenango in Guatemala on Friday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qibj. Id of event: us6000qibj. Exact location, longitude -91.3754° West, latitude 15.0633° North, depth = 191.334 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:07:10 / 12:07 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/06/25 / 2025-06-06 00:07:10 / June 6, 2025 @ 12:07 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 191.334 km (119 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Event epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Mixco (c. 473 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from San Juan Sacatepéquez (c. 136 900 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Quetzaltenango (c. 132 200 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Chimaltenango (c. 82 400 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Chichicastenango (c. 79 800 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Huehuetenango (c. 79 400 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Totonicapán (c. 69 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nueva Concepción, Mixco, Magdalena Milpas Altas (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop).

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. 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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km ENE of Momostenango, 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 -91.3754° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.0633° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 191.334 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4 km ENE of Momostenango, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-06-06 00:07:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-06-06 03:03:18 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 64 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.03 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 144 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 us6000qibj Id of event.
Event Code 6000qibj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qibj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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