A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Ocós in Guatemala on Wednesday. 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 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 18:07:41 / 6:07 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -92.6692° West, latitude 13.9837° North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us7000qrxz. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000qrxz. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/08/25 / 2025-08-06 18:07:41 / August 6, 2025 @ 6:07 pm.
Event epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate (c. 13 700 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Puerto Madero (c. 9 700 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Ocós (c. 9 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Champerico (c. 7 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Champerico, Puerto Madero, Brisas Barra de Suchiate (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 77 km SW of Ocós, Guatemala. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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