A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Champerico in Guatemala. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 08/11/24 / 2024-11-08 18:15:58 / November 8, 2024 @ 6:15 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -91.9096° West, latitude 13.7195° North, depth = 29.012 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:15:58 / 6:15 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 29.012 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nqqj. Unique identifier: us7000nqqj.
Nearby country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Tiquisate (c. 18 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Nueva Concepción (c. 11 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Ocós (c. 9 500 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Champerico (c. 7 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ocós, Tiquisate, Nueva Concepción (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-four 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 63 km S of Champerico, Guatemala.
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