A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Puerto San José in Guatemala. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 38.04 km (24 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:52:58 / 11:52 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -90.8785° West, 13.2861° North, depth 38.04 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/01/21 / 2021-01-03 11:52:58 / January 3, 2021 @ 11:52 am. Event id: us6000d58i. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000d58i.
Nearby country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taxisco, La Gomera, Puerto San José (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Puerto San José (c. 18 700 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Taxisco (c. 6 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 71 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala.
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