A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from La Gomera in Guatemala. Exact location of earthquake, -91.2144° West, 13.7118° North, depth 63 km. Global time and date of event 03/05/16 / 2016-05-03 07:46:56 / May 3, 2016 @ 7:46 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 63 km (39 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005d9n. Id of event: us10005d9n. The temblor was picked up at 01:46:56 / 1:46 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cuyotenango, Chiquimulilla, San Lucas Tolimán (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 81 km (50 miles) from Escuintla (c. 103 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (c. 62 100 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Mazatenango (c. 44 100 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Palín (c. 31 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Chicacao (c. 20 400 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Puerto San José (c. 18 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 44 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala.
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