A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Nueva Concepción in Guatemala. The temblor was picked up at 13:56:23 / 1:56 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000qhn4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qhn4. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 19/05/25 / 2025-05-19 13:56:23 / May 19, 2025 @ 1:56 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 34.781 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -91.6217 West, latitude 13.5802 North, depth = 34.781 km.

Country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Tiquisate (c. 18 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Nueva Concepción (c. 11 100 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Champerico (c. 7 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Champerico, La Gomera, Tiquisate (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 76 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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