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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Puerto San José in Guatemala

Posted by admin on August 26, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.1882S, -91.0562WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Puerto San José in Guatemala on Tuesday. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:25:29 / 12:25 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -91.0562° West, 13.1882° North, depth 35 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qr03. Id of event: us7000qr03. Global time and date of event 26/08/25 / 2025-08-26 12:25:29 / August 26, 2025 @ 12:25 pm UTC/GMT.

Event epicenter was 100 km (62 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 86 km (53 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). Nearby country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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: 85 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -91.0562° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.1882° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 85 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-08-26 12:25:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-26 12:45:40 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 385 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 57 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.43 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.89 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 150 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000qr03 Id of event.
Event Code 7000qr03 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qr03, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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