A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Champerico in Guatemala on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 52.434 km (33 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -91.704 West, latitude 13.7743 North, depth = 52.434 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pw7t. Unique identifier: us6000pw7t. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 01/03/25 / 2025-03-01 04:01:10 / March 1, 2025 @ 4:01 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 04:01:10 / 4:01 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Felipe, Chicacao, San Pablo Jocopilas (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Mazatenango (c. 44 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Retalhuleu (c. 36 700 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Chicacao (c. 20 400 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from San Pablo Jocopilas (c. 20 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Nuevo San Carlos (c. 19 200 pop).
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 three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 61 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala.
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