A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Champerico in Guatemala. All ids that are associated to the event: us20002y46. Unique identifier: us20002y46. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -91.9522 West, latitude 13.4977 North, depth = 45.73 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 45.73 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:01:15 / 5:01 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/07/15 / 2015-07-17 11:01:15 / July 17, 2015 @ 11:01 am.
The epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Champerico (c. 7 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Champerico. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 88 km S of Champerico, Guatemala.
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