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Light earthquake 4.7 mag, 30 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala

Posted by admin on November 6, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.0356S, -91.8044WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Champerico in Guatemala on Thursday. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:14:50 / 12:14 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000rlv6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rlv6. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -91.8044 West, latitude 14.0356 North, depth = 43.45 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 43.45 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/11/25 / 2025-11-06 12:14:50 / November 6, 2025 @ 12:14 pm.

Nearby country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Miguel Sigüilá, Santa Catarina Ixtahuacán, San Cristóbal Cucho (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 94 km (58 miles) from Quetzaltenango (c. 132 200 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (c. 62 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Coatepeque (c. 45 700 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Mazatenango (c. 44 100 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Retalhuleu (c. 36 700 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Santiago Atitlán (c. 33 300 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Ostuncalco (c. 28 900 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 30 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -91.8044° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.0356° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 43.45 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 30 km SSE 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 2025-11-06 12:14:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-11-06 12:49:21 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 340 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 98 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.97 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 179 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 us6000rlv6 Id of event.
Event Code 6000rlv6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rlv6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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