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Light earthquake, 4 mag strikes near La Gomera in Guatemala

Posted by admin on November 5, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.9504S, -91.2257WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 23 kilometers (14 miles) from La Gomera in Guatemala on Tuesday. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:47:40 / 12:47 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000rlf5. Event ids that are associated: us6000rlf5. The epicenter was at a depth of 62.751 km (39 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/10/25 / 2025-10-14 00:47:40 / October 14, 2025 @ 12:47 am. Exact location of earthquake, -91.2257° West, 13.9504° North, depth 62.751 km.

Nearby country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 62 km (38 miles) from Escuintla (c. 103 200 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Amatitlán (c. 71 800 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (c. 62 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Mazatenango (c. 44 100 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Antigua Guatemala (c. 39 400 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Retalhuleu (c. 36 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Amatitlán, Magdalena Milpas Altas, Santa Cruz Balanyá (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 four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 23 km SW of La Gomera, Guatemala.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -91.2257° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.9504° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 62.751 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 23 km SW of La Gomera, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-10-14 00:47:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-11-05 01:45:35 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 246 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 33 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.281 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.67 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 192 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 us6000rlf5 Id of event.
Event Code 6000rlf5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rlf5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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