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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag has occurred near Champerico in Guatemala

Posted by admin on October 8, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.7168S, -92.1134WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Champerico in Guatemala on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rfkv. Unique identifier: us6000rfkv. Exact location of event, depth 21.584 km, -92.1134° West, 13.7168° North. Global time and date of event 08/10/25 / 2025-10-08 10:16:19 / October 8, 2025 @ 10:16 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 10:16:19 / 10:16 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 21.584 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 102 km (64 miles) from Retalhuleu (c. 36 700 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Tiquisate (c. 18 200 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate (c. 13 700 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Nueva Concepción (c. 11 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Ocós (c. 9 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Champerico (c. 7 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nueva Concepción, Tiquisate, Retalhuleu.

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

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 67 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -92.1134° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.7168° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 21.584 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 67 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-10-08 10:16:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-08 10:36:03 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 45 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.997 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.57 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 159 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 us6000rfkv Id of event.
Event Code 6000rfkv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rfkv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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