A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 90 kilometers (56 miles) from La Gomera in Guatemala on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -91.4641° West, 13.3747° North. The temblor was reported at 10:30:51 / 10:30 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us700036fa. Ids that are associated to the event: us700036fa. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/04/19 / 2019-04-07 16:30:51 / April 7, 2019 @ 4:30 pm.
Nearby country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puerto San José, La Gomera (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Puerto San José (c. 18 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifty-one 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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 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: 90 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala.
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