A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Puerto San Jose in Guatemala. Exact location of earthquake, -90.9587° West, 13.6282° North, depth 65.94 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:27:26 / 7:27 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us10007rvi. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007rvi. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/01/17 / 2017-01-07 13:27:26 / January 7, 2017 @ 1:27 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 65.94 km (41 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (48 miles) from Escuintla (c. 103 200 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (c. 62 100 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Palín (c. 31 300 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Barberena (c. 30 500 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Puerto San José (c. 18 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Tiquisate (c. 18 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Barberena, Yepocapa, Alotenango (min 5000 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 one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 35 km SSW of Puerto San Jose, Guatemala. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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