A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Puerto San José in Guatemala on Sunday. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000r1pe. Unique identifier: us6000r1pe. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 33.041 km, -91.0296° West, 13.2929° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 33.041 km (21 miles). The temblor was reported at 06:27:53 / 6:27 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/08/25 / 2025-08-17 06:27:53 / August 17, 2025 @ 6:27 am.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Gomera, Puerto San José. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop). Event epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Puerto San José (c. 18 700 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 73 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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