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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Tejutla in Guatemala

Posted by admin on July 24, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 15.1645S, -91.848WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Tejutla in Guatemala on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 160.018 km (99 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us6000quj4. Event ids that are associated: us6000quj4. Exact location of event, longitude -91.848 West, latitude 15.1645 North, depth = 160.018 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/07/25 / 2025-07-24 01:50:41 / July 24, 2025 @ 1:50 am. The temblor was reported at 01:50:41 / 1:50 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Juan Cotzal, Acapeteahua, Barillas. Close country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 53 km (33 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Quetzaltenango (c. 132 200 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Chichicastenango (c. 79 800 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Huehuetenango (c. 79 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Totonicapán (c. 69 700 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from San Francisco El Alto (c. 54 500 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 one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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 NW of Tejutla, Guatemala.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -91.848° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.1645° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 160.018 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6 km NW of Tejutla, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-07-24 01:50:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-24 02:08:04 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 35 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.664 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.8 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 136 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 us6000quj4 Id of event.
Event Code 6000quj4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000quj4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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