A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Monjas in Guatemala on Wednesday. The temblor was reported at 09:43:03 / 9:43 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/01/18 / 2018-01-10 15:43:03 / January 10, 2018 @ 3:43 pm. Unique identifier: us2000cnvs. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000cnvs. Exact location of event, longitude -89.9521 West, latitude 14.4351 North, depth = 246.21 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 246.21 km (153 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Miguel Dueñas, Rabinal, Armenia (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 65 km (40 miles) from Guatemala City (c. 994 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Mixco (c. 473 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Villa Nueva (c. 406 800 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 176 700 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Petapa (c. 141 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from San Juan Sacatepéquez (c. 136 900 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 twenty-one 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 11 km SW of Monjas, Guatemala.
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