A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Ocos in Guatemala. Id of earthquake: us1000e9sm. Event ids that are associated: us1000e9sm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 54.68 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:15:34 / 9:15 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -92.564 West, latitude 13.9351 North, depth = 54.68 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/05/18 / 2018-05-17 15:15:34 / May 17, 2018 @ 3:15 pm.
Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate (c. 13 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Puerto Madero (c. 9 700 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Ocós (c. 9 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Champerico (c. 7 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Puerto Madero, Champerico, Brisas Barra de Suchiate.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eighty-eight 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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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 Ocos, Guatemala. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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