A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Champerico in Guatemala on Monday. Unique identifier: us1000f1vr. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000f1vr. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 48.27 km (30 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:45:13 / 8:45 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 48.27 km, -91.9883° West, 13.6025° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/06/18 / 2018-06-26 02:45:13 / June 26, 2018 @ 2:45 am.
Event epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Champerico (c. 7 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Champerico (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty 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.
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