A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Guanaja in Honduras. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:59:29 / 3:59 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000bcqc. Id of event: us6000bcqc. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/08/20 / 2020-08-11 15:59:29 / August 11, 2020 @ 3:59 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -85.9341° West, latitude 16.7661° North, depth = 10 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Honduras (c. 7 989 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 94 km (59 miles) from Trujillo (c. 9 600 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Coxen Hole (c. 7 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Trujillo, Coxen Hole (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 35 km N of Guanaja, Honduras. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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