Moderate earthquake 5.4 mag, 0 km W of Zapotitlán, Guatemala

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 0 kilometers (0 miles) from Zapotitlán in Guatemala. The 5.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:05:21 / 11:05 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -89.8349 West, latitude 14.1377 North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us6000qw5x. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qw5x. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/07/25 / 2025-07-29 23:05:21 / July 29, 2025 @ 11:05 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santo Domingo Xenacoj, San Antonio Aguas Calientes, Jocotenango (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Event epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Guatemala City (c. 994 900 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from San Salvador (c. 526 000 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Mixco (c. 473 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Villa Nueva (c. 406 800 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Soyapango (c. 329 700 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 176 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Mejicanos (c. 160 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.

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El Salvador Guatemala Guatemala City Jocotenango Mejicanos Mixco San Antonio Aguas Calientes San Salvador Santa Ana Santo Domingo Xenacoj Soyapango Villa Nueva Zapotitlan

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-89.8349° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	14.1377° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	0 km W of Zapotitlán, Guatemala	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-07-29 23:05:21	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-07-29 23:34:33	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	449	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	83	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.24	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.74 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	117	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000qw5x	Id of event.
Event Code	6000qw5x	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000qw5x,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.4 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-89.8349° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

14.1377° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

0 km W of Zapotitlán, Guatemala

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2025-07-29 23:05:21

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2025-07-29 23:34:33

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

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

449

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

0.24

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.74 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

117

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

mww

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us6000qw5x

Id of event.

Event Code

6000qw5x

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us6000qw5x,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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