A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Puerto San Jose in Guatemala on Saturday. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:18:33 / 9:18 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10007rvs. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007rvs. Exact location of earthquake, -91.1259° West, 13.6027° North, depth 64.6 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/01/17 / 2017-01-07 15:18:33 / January 7, 2017 @ 3:18 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 64.6 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 86 km (54 miles) from Escuintla (c. 103 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (c. 62 100 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Puerto San José (c. 18 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Tiquisate (c. 18 200 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Patulul (c. 14 200 pop). Close country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santa Bárbara, Guazacapán, Río Bravo.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 48 km SW of Puerto San Jose, Guatemala. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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