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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Puerto San José in Guatemala


Earthquake location 13.5451S, -91.2579WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Puerto San José in Guatemala. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Unique identifier: us6000qlty. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qlty. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:56:45 / 5:56 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 22/06/25 / 2025-06-22 17:56:45 / June 22, 2025 @ 5:56 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -91.2579 West, latitude 13.5451 North, depth = 35 km.

Event epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (c. 62 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Puerto San José (c. 18 700 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Tiquisate (c. 18 200 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Nueva Concepción (c. 11 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Masagua (c. 10 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa, Masagua, La Democracia (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 63 km SW of Puerto San José, Guatemala. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -91.2579° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.5451° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 63 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 2025-06-22 17:56:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-06-22 18:28:37 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 284 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 29 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.05 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.94 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 158 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 us6000qlty Id of event.
Event Code 6000qlty An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qlty, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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