A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Barberena in Guatemala. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -90.4365 West, latitude 14.3048 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 07:05:04 / 7:05 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/08/24 / 2024-08-26 07:05:04 / August 26, 2024 @ 7:05 am. Unique identifier: us7000n9gb. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000n9gb.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Juayúa, Panajachel, Salamá. Earthquake epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Guatemala City (c. 994 900 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Mixco (c. 473 100 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Villa Nueva (c. 406 800 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Petapa (c. 141 500 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from San Juan Sacatepéquez (c. 136 900 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Villa Canales (c. 122 200 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 8 km W of Barberena, Guatemala. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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