A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 96 kilometers (60 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). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -90.7331 West, latitude 13.0555 North, depth = 35 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000g5cv. Unique identifier: us1000g5cv. The temblor was reported at 23:47:18 / 11:47 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/08/18 / 2018-08-04 05:47:18 / August 4, 2018 @ 5:47 am.
Epicenter of the event was 97 km (61 miles) from Puerto San José (c. 18 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Puerto San José. Nearby country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 96 km S of Puerto San Jose, Guatemala.
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