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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near San Vicente Pacaya in Guatemala

Posted by admin on August 19, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.3902S, -90.5759WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from San Vicente Pacaya in Guatemala. Exact location of event, longitude -90.5759 West, latitude 14.3902 North, depth = 190.562 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 190.562 km (118 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000r20h. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000r20h. The temblor was reported at 08:05:39 / 8:05 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/08/25 / 2025-08-19 08:05:39 / August 19, 2025 @ 8:05 am.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 29 km (18 miles) from Guatemala City (c. 994 900 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Mixco (c. 473 100 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Villa Nueva (c. 406 800 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Petapa (c. 141 500 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from San Juan Sacatepéquez (c. 136 900 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Villa Canales (c. 122 200 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Escuintla (c. 103 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santo Domingo Suchitepéquez, Samayac, Concepción de Ataco (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 7 km ESE of San Vicente Pacaya, Guatemala.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -90.5759° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.3902° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 190.562 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 km ESE of San Vicente Pacaya, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-08-19 08:05:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-19 11:24:31 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 326 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 45 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.16 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.67 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 141 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000r20h Id of event.
Event Code 6000r20h An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000r20h, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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