A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Puerto San Jose in Guatemala. 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: us10005hpb. Id of event: us10005hpb. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/05/16 / 2016-05-16 07:15:04 / May 16, 2016 @ 7:15 am. Exact location of earthquake, -91.0025° West, 13.3175° North, depth 50.65 km. The temblor was detected at 01:15:04 / 1:15 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 50.65 km (31 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Democracia, Taxisco, Masagua. Close country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop). The epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Puerto San José (c. 18 700 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Masagua (c. 10 000 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Taxisco (c. 6 500 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from La Democracia (c. 5 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 69 km SSW of Puerto San Jose, Guatemala.
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