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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Antigua Guatemala in Guatemala


Earthquake location 14.5348S, -90.7227WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Antigua Guatemala in Guatemala. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:39:41 / 10:39 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/07/25 / 2025-07-08 22:39:41 / July 8, 2025 @ 10:39 pm. Id of earthquake: us7000qdhx. Event ids that are associated: us7000qdhx. Exact location of event, longitude -90.7227 West, latitude 14.5348 North, depth = 10 km.

Earthquake epicenter was 25 km (16 miles) from Guatemala City (c. 994 900 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Mixco (c. 473 100 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Villa Nueva (c. 406 800 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Petapa (c. 141 500 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from San Juan Sacatepéquez (c. 136 900 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Quetzaltenango (c. 132 200 pop). Close country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jutiapa, Momostenango, San Andrés Villa Seca (min 5000 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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 SSE of Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -90.7227° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.5348° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3 km SSE of Antigua Guatemala, 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 22:39:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-22 21:48:30 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 27 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.218 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.58 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 128 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 us7000qdhx Id of event.
Event Code 7000qdhx An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qdhx, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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