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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near Amatitlán in Guatemala


Earthquake location 14.5115S, -90.6329WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Amatitlán in Guatemala. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/07/25 / 2025-07-08 21:11:31 / July 8, 2025 @ 9:11 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 21:11:31 / 9:11 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -90.6329 West, latitude 14.5115 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us7000qbfm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qbfm.

Epicenter of the event was 19 km (12 miles) from Guatemala City (c. 994 900 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Mixco (c. 473 100 pop), 5 km (3 miles) from Villa Nueva (c. 406 800 pop), 9 km (5 miles) from Petapa (c. 141 500 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from San Juan Sacatepéquez (c. 136 900 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Villa Canales (c. 122 200 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Escuintla (c. 103 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Almolonga, Sacapulas, San Cristóbal Verapaz (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 one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 3 km N of Amatitlán, Guatemala.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -90.6329° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.5115° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3 km N of Amatitlán, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-07-08 21:11:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-08 21:34:02 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 8 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5 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 344 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 44 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.132 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.91 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 120 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 us7000qbfm Id of event.
Event Code 7000qbfm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qbfm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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