A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Nueva Concepción in Guatemala on Thursday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 60.64 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pbqa. Unique identifier: us7000pbqa. Exact location of event, longitude -91.5048 West, latitude 13.7384 North, depth = 60.64 km. The temblor was picked up at 02:33:25 / 2:33 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/02/25 / 2025-02-06 02:33:25 / February 6, 2025 @ 2:33 am.
Country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop). Event epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (c. 62 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Mazatenango (c. 44 100 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Retalhuleu (c. 36 700 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Chicacao (c. 20 400 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from San Pablo Jocopilas (c. 20 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Pablo Jocopilas, San Francisco Zapotitlán, Samayac (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 55 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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