A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Puerto San José in Guatemala. The temblor was picked up at 05:59:51 / 5:59 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000r1p8. Unique identifier: us6000r1p8. Exact location of event, longitude -91.0754 West, latitude 13.2167 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/08/25 / 2025-08-17 05:59:51 / August 17, 2025 @ 5:59 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Gomera, Puerto San José. The epicenter was 96 km (60 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Puerto San José (c. 18 700 pop). Close country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 83 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala.
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