A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Champerico in Guatemala on Sunday. Event id: us6000qzn0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qzn0. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/08/25 / 2025-08-10 14:31:58 / August 10, 2025 @ 2:31 pm. The temblor was detected at 14:31:58 / 2:31 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude -92.3761° West, latitude 13.6635° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ocós, Champerico. Earthquake epicenter was 96 km (60 miles) from Ocós (c. 9 500 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Champerico (c. 7 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. 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: 85 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala.
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