A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Nueva Concepcion in Guatemala on Monday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/07/16 / 2016-07-25 12:58:42 / July 25, 2016 @ 12:58 pm. Event id: us100068c4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100068c4. Exact location of earthquake, -91.6652° West, 13.6503° North, depth 45.03 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 45.03 km (28 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 06:58:42 / 6:58 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 82 km (51 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Tiquisate (c. 18 200 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Nueva Concepción (c. 11 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Champerico (c. 7 800 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Río Bravo (c. 7 600 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Santo Domingo Suchitepéquez (c. 6 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santo Domingo Suchitepéquez, Río Bravo, La Gomera.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 72 km SSW of Nueva Concepcion, Guatemala. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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