A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Puerto San José in Guatemala. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:05:43 / 7:05 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -91.2878° West, 13.2707° North. Global time and date of event 24/08/25 / 2025-08-24 07:05:43 / August 24, 2025 @ 7:05 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us7000qx04. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qx04.
Epicenter of the event was 89 km (55 miles) from Puerto San José (c. 18 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puerto San José (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 88 km SW of Puerto San José, Guatemala. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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