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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Zapotitlán in Guatemala

Posted by admin on July 30, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.0724S, -89.8175WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Zapotitlán in Guatemala on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -89.8175° West, 14.0724° North, depth 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 21:57:54 / 9:57 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000qw5e. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qw5e. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/07/25 / 2025-07-29 21:57:54 / July 29, 2025 @ 9:57 pm.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from San Salvador (c. 526 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Soyapango (c. 329 700 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 176 700 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Mejicanos (c. 160 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Petapa (c. 141 500 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Santa Tecla (c. 124 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Olocuilta, Petapa, Santa Catarina Pinula (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 seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 7 km S of Zapotitlán, Guatemala.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -89.8175° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.0724° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 km S 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 21:57:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-30 23:53:24 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 298 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 39 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.173 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.4 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 118 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 us6000qw5e Id of event.
Event Code 6000qw5e An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qw5e, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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