A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Iztapa in Guatemala on Friday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/07/16 / 2016-07-15 06:50:49 / July 15, 2016 @ 6:50 am. The earthquake was roughly 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). The temblor was detected at 00:50:49 / 12:50 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -90.4837° West, 13.4325° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006bxd. Id of event: us10006bxd.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sonzacate, Nahuizalco, Sonsonate (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Sonsonate (c. 59 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Ahuachapán (c. 34 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Acajutla (c. 22 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Puerto San José (c. 18 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Sonzacate (c. 15 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Chiquimulilla (c. 12 800 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-four 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.
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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: 60 km SSE of Iztapa, Guatemala.
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