A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Nueva Concepción in Guatemala on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 58.424 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 07:22:10 / 7:22 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000pbfs. Event ids that are associated: us7000pbfs. Exact location of earthquake, -91.5946° West, 13.7969° North, depth 58.424 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/02/25 / 2025-02-05 07:22:10 / February 5, 2025 @ 7:22 am UTC/GMT.
Earthquake epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (c. 62 100 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Mazatenango (c. 44 100 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Retalhuleu (c. 36 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Chicacao (c. 20 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from San Pablo Jocopilas (c. 20 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Felipe, El Asintal, Nuevo San Carlos. Close country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 54 km SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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