A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Puerto San José in Guatemala on Sunday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/08/25 / 2025-08-17 22:31:26 / August 17, 2025 @ 10:31 pm. The temblor was detected at 22:31:26 / 10:31 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000r1s1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000r1s1. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -90.9488 West, latitude 13.2847 North, depth = 35 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (56 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Puerto San José (c. 18 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Gomera, Puerto San José (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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