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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Champerico in Guatemala


Earthquake location 13.7232S, -92.0396WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Champerico in Guatemala. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:14:39 / 5:14 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/12/25 / 2025-12-18 17:14:39 / December 18, 2025 @ 5:14 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -92.0396 West, latitude 13.7232 North, depth = 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000rvrj. Event ids that are associated: us6000rvrj.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (57 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate (c. 13 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Ocós (c. 9 500 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Champerico (c. 7 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Ocós, Champerico (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 64 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -92.0396° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.7232° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 64 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 2025-12-18 17:14:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-18 17:57:18 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 298 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 36 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.545 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.62 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 161 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 us6000rvrj Id of event.
Event Code 6000rvrj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rvrj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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