A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Puerto San Jose in Guatemala. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000g3aa. Id of event: us1000g3aa. The temblor was detected at 23:46:03 / 11:46 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 37.7 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 04/08/18 / 2018-08-04 05:46:03 / August 4, 2018 @ 5:46 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -90.8007° West, 13.2658° North, depth 37.7 km.
Event epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Puerto San José (c. 18 700 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Chiquimulilla (c. 12 800 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Guazacapán (c. 7 100 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Taxisco (c. 6 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chiquimulilla, Guazacapán, Taxisco.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-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.
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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: 73 km S of Puerto San Jose, Guatemala. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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