A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Puerto San Jose in Guatemala. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/09/18 / 2018-09-10 00:22:35 / September 10, 2018 @ 12:22 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The temblor was detected at 18:22:35 / 6:22 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000hbn7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000hbn7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -91.1315° West, latitude 13.4544° North, depth = 35 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (44 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Puerto San José (c. 18 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Nueva Concepción (c. 11 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Masagua (c. 10 000 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from La Democracia (c. 5 500 pop). Close country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Masagua, La Democracia, Nueva Concepción (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 61 km SSW of Puerto San Jose, Guatemala.
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