A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 93 kilometers (58 miles) from Puerto San José in Guatemala on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 17:55:46 / 5:55 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000n8id. Unique identifier: us7000n8id. Exact location of event, depth 34.523 km, -90.7301° West, 13.0895° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.523 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 21/08/24 / 2024-08-21 17:55:46 / August 21, 2024 @ 5:55 pm UTC/GMT.
Country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Puerto San José (c. 18 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Puerto San José.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. 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: 93 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala.
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