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Moderate earthquake, 5.6 mag was detected near Jerez in Guatemala

Posted by admin on July 29, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.0992S, -89.7829WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Jerez in Guatemala. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/07/25 / 2025-07-29 21:21:48 / July 29, 2025 @ 9:21 pm. The 5.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:21:48 / 9:21 pm (local time epicenter). 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: us6000qw58. Id of event: us6000qw58. Exact location, longitude -89.7829° West, latitude 14.0992° North, depth = 7.746 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.746 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). The epicenter was 99 km (62 miles) from Guatemala City (c. 994 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from San Salvador (c. 526 000 pop), 107 km (66 miles) from Mixco (c. 473 100 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Villa Nueva (c. 406 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Soyapango (c. 329 700 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 176 700 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Mejicanos (c. 160 300 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Petapa (c. 141 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puerto San José, San Pedro Sacatepéquez, Santiago Sacatepéquez (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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: 3 km WNW of Jerez, Guatemala.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -89.7829° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.0992° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.746 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3 km WNW of Jerez, 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 21:21:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-29 21:42:48 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 483 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 71 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.196 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.88 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 106 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 us6000qw58 Id of event.
Event Code 6000qw58 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qw58, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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