A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 104 km SW of Ocos, Guatemala (65 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -92.8478 West, latitude 13.8109 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 29/12/19 / 2019-12-29 10:22:07 / December 29, 2019 @ 10:22 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 04:22:07 / 4:22 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us70006s5i. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006s5i.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 104 km SW of Ocos, Guatemala.
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