A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 75 kilometers (47 miles) from La Gomera in Guatemala on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/11/17 / 2017-11-14 23:53:42 / November 14, 2017 @ 11:53 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -91.403° West, 13.4923° North, depth 35 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:53:42 / 5:53 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000bnme. Event ids that are associated: us2000bnme. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tiquisate, Nueva Concepción, Puerto San José (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Puerto San José (c. 18 700 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Tiquisate (c. 18 200 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Nueva Concepción (c. 11 100 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 six and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 75 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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