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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag strikes near Alotenango in Guatemala

Posted by admin on July 8, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.4409S, -90.7598WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Alotenango in Guatemala on Tuesday. 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: us7000qbfw. Id of event: us7000qbfw. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:54:20 / 9:54 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/07/25 / 2025-07-08 21:54:20 / July 8, 2025 @ 9:54 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -90.7598° West, 14.4409° North, depth 10 km.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 35 km (22 miles) from Guatemala City (c. 994 900 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Mixco (c. 473 100 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Villa Nueva (c. 406 800 pop), 23 km (15 miles) from Petapa (c. 141 500 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from San Juan Sacatepéquez (c. 136 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Quetzaltenango (c. 132 200 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Villa Canales (c. 122 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sacapulas, San Mateo, Retalhuleu (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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: 6 km SE of Alotenango, Guatemala.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -90.7598° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.4409° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6 km SE of Alotenango, 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 21:54:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-08 22:11:09 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 354 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 49 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.269 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.62 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 126 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 us7000qbfw Id of event.
Event Code 7000qbfw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qbfw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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