A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Malacatancito in Guatemala on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 221.682 km, -91.5214° West, 15.2698° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 221.682 km (138 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mcm9. Id of event: us7000mcm9. The temblor was picked up at 09:09:17 / 9:09 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/04/24 / 2024-04-17 09:09:17 / April 17, 2024 @ 9:09 am.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Comalapa, Santo Domingo Suchitepéquez, Tapachula. Close country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Quetzaltenango (c. 132 200 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Chichicastenango (c. 79 800 pop), 8 km (5 miles) from Huehuetenango (c. 79 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Totonicapán (c. 69 700 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from San Francisco El Alto (c. 54 500 pop).
Every 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 3 km NW of Malacatancito, Guatemala.
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