A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Iztapa in Guatemala. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000npt3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000npt3. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:37:56 / 5:37 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 83.52 km (52 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 04/11/24 / 2024-11-04 05:37:56 / November 4, 2024 @ 5:37 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -90.7397 West, latitude 13.9142 North, depth = 83.52 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Comalapa, Palencia, Chicacao (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Guatemala City (c. 994 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Mixco (c. 473 100 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Villa Nueva (c. 406 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Petapa (c. 141 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from San Juan Sacatepéquez (c. 136 900 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Villa Canales (c. 122 200 pop).
Every 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 one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 4 km WSW of Iztapa, Guatemala.
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