A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Champerico in Guatemala. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rt5r. Unique identifier: us6000rt5r. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 07/12/25 / 2025-12-07 14:37:23 / December 7, 2025 @ 2:37 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 49.451 km (31 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:37:23 / 2:37 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -91.7231 West, latitude 13.5593 North, depth = 49.451 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Gomera, Tiquisate, Champerico. Close country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Tiquisate (c. 18 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Nueva Concepción (c. 11 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Champerico (c. 7 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 83 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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