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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Nueva Concepción in Guatemala

Posted by admin on June 20, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.0706S, -91.317WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Nueva Concepción in Guatemala on Friday. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/06/25 / 2025-06-20 10:01:23 / June 20, 2025 @ 10:01 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 10:01:23 / 10:01 am (local time epicenter). 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: us6000qlei. Id of event: us6000qlei. Exact location of earthquake, -91.317° West, 14.0706° North, depth 78.852 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 78.852 km (49 miles).

Nearby country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Villa Nueva (c. 406 800 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Petapa (c. 141 500 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Quetzaltenango (c. 132 200 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Villa Canales (c. 122 200 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Escuintla (c. 103 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Chimaltenango (c. 82 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Amatitlán (c. 71 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Villa Canales, Petapa, Santo Domingo Xenacoj (min 5000 pop).

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 two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. 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: 14 km S of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -91.317° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.0706° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 78.852 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14 km S of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-06-20 10:01:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-06-20 10:26:49 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 93 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.917 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 180 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 us6000qlei Id of event.
Event Code 6000qlei An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qlei, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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