A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Puerto San Jose in Guatemala. The epicenter was at a depth of 56.67 km (35 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -90.7715° West, 13.294° North, depth 56.67 km. Global time and date of event 15/12/16 / 2016-12-15 16:34:55 / December 15, 2016 @ 4:34 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 10:34:55 / 10:34 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us20008124. Unique identifier: us20008124.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Chiquimulilla, Guazacapán, La Gomera. Epicenter of the event was 93 km (58 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Puerto San José (c. 18 700 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Chiquimulilla (c. 12 800 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Guazacapán (c. 7 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Taxisco (c. 6 500 pop). Close country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each 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 one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. 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: 70 km S of Puerto San Jose, Guatemala.
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