A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Casillas in Guatemala on Saturday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000dpu1. Id of event: us1000dpu1. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 185.41 km (115 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/04/18 / 2018-04-21 11:14:51 / April 21, 2018 @ 11:14 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:14:51 / 5:14 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -90.253 West, latitude 14.4128 North, depth = 185.41 km.
Nearby country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Gomera, Nahuizalco, Tecpán Guatemala (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 38 km (23 miles) from Guatemala City (c. 994 900 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Mixco (c. 473 100 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Villa Nueva (c. 406 800 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 176 700 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Petapa (c. 141 500 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from San Juan Sacatepéquez (c. 136 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 1 km SW of Casillas, Guatemala.
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