A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Champerico in Guatemala. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 07:59:18 / 7:59 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -92.2068 West, latitude 14.1563 North, depth = 39.31 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006ff1. Id of event: us10006ff1. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/08/16 / 2016-08-20 13:59:18 / August 20, 2016 @ 1:59 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 39.31 km (24 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Bernardino, San Pablo, San Francisco Zapotitlán (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Coatepeque (c. 45 700 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Mazatenango (c. 44 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Retalhuleu (c. 36 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Nuevo San Carlos (c. 19 200 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Colomba (c. 19 100 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 four and in the last 365 days seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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