A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Champerico in Guatemala. Unique identifier: us20009n38. Ids that are associated to the event: us20009n38. The temblor was reported at 08:09:52 / 8:09 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -92.3243° West, 13.8257° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/06/17 / 2017-06-13 14:09:52 / June 13, 2017 @ 2:09 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 80 km (50 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate (c. 13 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Ocós (c. 9 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Champerico (c. 7 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Ocós, Champerico (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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: 68 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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