A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Puerto San José in Guatemala. Exact location of event, longitude -90.9897 West, latitude 13.2819 North, depth = 35 km. Global time and date of event 30/09/24 / 2024-09-30 01:48:00 / September 30, 2024 @ 1:48 am UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:48:00 / 1:48 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Event id: us7000nh62. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nh62.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Gomera, Puerto San José (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 89 km (56 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Puerto San José (c. 18 700 pop). Close country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 73 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala.
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