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Light earthquake, 4 mag was detected near Zunilito in Guatemala

Posted by admin on June 17, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.6535S, -91.4863WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Zunilito in Guatemala. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -91.4863 West, latitude 14.6535 North, depth = 123.866 km. 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 123.866 km (77 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/06/25 / 2025-06-16 08:56:39 / June 16, 2025 @ 8:56 am. Event id: us6000qkjv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qkjv. The temblor was reported at 08:56:39 / 8:56 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Lucas Sacatepéquez, Palín, Magdalena Milpas Altas (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Quetzaltenango (c. 132 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Escuintla (c. 103 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Chimaltenango (c. 82 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Chichicastenango (c. 79 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Huehuetenango (c. 79 400 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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: 5 km NNE of Zunilito, Guatemala.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -91.4863° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.6535° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 123.866 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5 km NNE of Zunilito, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-06-16 08:56:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-06-17 08:56:02 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 246 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 58 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.115 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.6 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 89 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 us6000qkjv Id of event.
Event Code 6000qkjv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qkjv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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