A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Puerto San Jose in Guatemala. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us10008n64. Event ids that are associated: us10008n64. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/04/17 / 2017-04-22 00:24:41 / April 22, 2017 @ 12:24 am. The temblor was picked up at 18:24:41 / 6:24 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -90.94 West, latitude 13.1932 North, depth = 35 km.
The epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Puerto San José (c. 18 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puerto San José.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 81 km S of Puerto San Jose, Guatemala. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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