A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Puerto San Jose in Guatemala on Sunday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/07/16 / 2016-07-10 07:08:32 / July 10, 2016 @ 7:08 am. Exact location, longitude -90.9557° West, latitude 13.4009° North, depth = 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 01:08:32 / 1:08 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us100062c7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100062c7.
Close country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Democracia, Taxisco, Masagua. Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Puerto San José (c. 18 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Masagua (c. 10 000 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Taxisco (c. 6 500 pop), 92 km (57 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 one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 59 km SSW of Puerto San Jose, Guatemala.
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