A earthquake with magnitude 6 (ml/mb) was reported 102 kilometers (63 miles) from Champerico in Guatemala on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:40:58 / 8:40 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -92.4029 West, latitude 13.5057 North, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/08/25 / 2025-08-09 20:40:58 / August 9, 2025 @ 8:40 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qzin. Unique identifier: us6000qzin.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Ocós, Champerico. Event epicenter was 116 km (72 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate (c. 13 700 pop), 114 km (71 miles) from Ocós (c. 9 500 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Champerico (c. 7 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. There are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 102 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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