A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Puerto San Jose in Guatemala. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 36.18 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -90.9222 West, latitude 13.2161 North, depth = 36.18 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:18:36 / 2:18 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000g3ln. Id of event: us1000g3ln. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/08/18 / 2018-08-04 20:18:36 / August 4, 2018 @ 8:18 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from Puerto San José (c. 18 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Puerto San José (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 79 km S of Puerto San Jose, Guatemala.
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