A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Iztapa in Guatemala. 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 54.36 km (34 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000b2ly. Unique identifier: us2000b2ly. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:24:08 / 3:24 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -90.5445° West, latitude 13.5146° North, depth = 54.36 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/10/17 / 2017-10-07 21:24:08 / October 7, 2017 @ 9:24 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Escuintla, Sonsonate, La Democracia (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Escuintla (c. 103 200 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Sonsonate (c. 59 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Ahuachapán (c. 34 100 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Barberena (c. 30 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Acajutla (c. 22 800 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 seventy-one 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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