A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, offshore Guatemala kilometers (0 miles) from offshore Guatemala. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/05/19 / 2019-05-02 21:48:00 / May 2, 2019 @ 9:48 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.83 km (2 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -91.0548 West, latitude 13.4968 North, depth = 2.83 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us70003g08. Unique identifier: us70003g08. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:48:00 / 9:48 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (c. 62 100 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Puerto San José (c. 18 700 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Nueva Concepción (c. 11 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Masagua (c. 10 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Taxisco (c. 6 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa, Taxisco, Nueva Concepción (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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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