A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Puerto San José in Guatemala. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qe1i. Id of event: us7000qe1i. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:02:43 / 1:02 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -90.8211 West, latitude 13.4886 North, depth = 50.397 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 50.397 km (31 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/07/25 / 2025-07-20 13:02:43 / July 20, 2025 @ 1:02 pm.
Event epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Escuintla (c. 103 200 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Puerto San José (c. 18 700 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Chiquimulilla (c. 12 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Masagua (c. 10 000 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Guazacapán (c. 7 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Escuintla, La Democracia, Chiquimulilla (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 48 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala.
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