A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Palín in Guatemala. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -90.7527 West, latitude 14.3891 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/07/25 / 2025-07-08 21:49:23 / July 8, 2025 @ 9:49 pm. Unique identifier: us6000qyd8. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qyd8. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:49:23 / 9:49 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 38 km (24 miles) from Guatemala City (c. 994 900 pop), 31 km (20 miles) from Mixco (c. 473 100 pop), 23 km (15 miles) from Villa Nueva (c. 406 800 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Petapa (c. 141 500 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from San Juan Sacatepéquez (c. 136 900 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Villa Canales (c. 122 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Zunil, Guastatoya, Cuyotenango.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-four, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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 WSW of Palín, Guatemala.
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