A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 106 km S of Puerto San Jose, Guatemala (66 miles) on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/06/16 / 2016-06-29 16:19:41 / June 29, 2016 @ 4:19 pm. The temblor was reported at 10:19:41 / 10:19 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -90.9576 West, latitude 12.9678 North, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us10005zij. Event ids that are associated: us10005zij.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 106 km S of Puerto San Jose, Guatemala.
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