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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Nueva Concepción in Guatemala

Posted by admin on August 26, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.1263S, -91.3497WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Nueva Concepción in Guatemala. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -91.3497° West, 14.1263° North, depth 86.767 km. The temblor was reported at 06:54:52 / 6:54 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000r3l9. Id of event: us6000r3l9. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/08/25 / 2025-08-25 06:54:52 / August 25, 2025 @ 6:54 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 86.767 km (54 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (58 miles) from Villa Nueva (c. 406 800 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Petapa (c. 141 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Quetzaltenango (c. 132 200 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Villa Canales (c. 122 200 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Escuintla (c. 103 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Chimaltenango (c. 82 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Chichicastenango (c. 79 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Villa Canales, Petapa, Taxisco.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixty-nine 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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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. 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: 9 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -91.3497° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.1263° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 86.767 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-08-25 06:54:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-25 21:07:13 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 312 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 72 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.476 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 93 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 us6000r3l9 Id of event.
Event Code 6000r3l9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000r3l9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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