A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Iztapa in Guatemala. Exact location of event, longitude -90.6925 West, latitude 13.3666 North, depth = 45.03 km. The temblor was reported at 21:18:25 / 9:18 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us100032bf. Unique identifier: us100032bf. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/07/15 / 2015-07-27 03:18:25 / July 27, 2015 @ 3:18 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45.03 km (28 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Puerto San José (c. 18 700 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Chiquimulilla (c. 12 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Guazacapán (c. 7 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Taxisco (c. 6 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Gomera, Chiquimulilla, Guazacapán (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days fifty-four 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 62 km S of Iztapa, Guatemala.
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