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Light earthquake: M4.7 quake has struck near Champerico in Guatemala

Posted by admin on November 20, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.7603S, -91.7998WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Champerico in Guatemala. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -91.7998 West, latitude 13.7603 North, depth = 15.2 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:44:35 / 3:44 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.2 km (9 miles). Event id: us6000rpa2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rpa2. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/11/25 / 2025-11-20 03:44:35 / November 20, 2025 @ 3:44 am UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Mazatenango (c. 44 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Retalhuleu (c. 36 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from San Pablo Jocopilas (c. 20 300 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Nuevo San Carlos (c. 19 200 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Tiquisate (c. 18 200 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 14 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Pablo Jocopilas, Samayac, San Felipe (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 four and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. 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: 60 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -91.7998° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.7603° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 15.2 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 60 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 2025-11-20 03:44:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-11-20 04:12:46 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 35 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.528 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.94 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 166 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 us6000rpa2 Id of event.
Event Code 6000rpa2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rpa2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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