A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Champerico in Guatemala. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 37.73 km (23 miles). Global time and date of event 17/04/16 / 2016-04-17 06:32:42 / April 17, 2016 @ 6:32 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -92.3596 West, latitude 13.7757 North, depth = 37.73 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 00:32:42 / 12:32 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us20005j5t. Ids that are associated to the event: us20005j5t.
Earthquake epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate (c. 13 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Ocós (c. 9 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Champerico (c. 7 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Ocós, Champerico (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 75 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala.
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