A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Pajapita in Guatemala. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 86.26 km (54 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us10003ma6. Unique identifier: us10003ma6. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/09/15 / 2015-09-28 03:08:17 / September 28, 2015 @ 3:08 am. The temblor was picked up at 21:08:17 / 9:08 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -92.0336° West, 14.6296° North, depth 86.26 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 39 km (24 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Quetzaltenango (c. 132 200 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Totonicapán (c. 69 700 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from San Francisco El Alto (c. 54 500 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Coatepeque (c. 45 700 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Mazatenango (c. 44 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa María Chiquimula, Villa Comaltitlán, Santiago Atitlán (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 9 km S of Pajapita, Guatemala.
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