A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Puerto San José in Guatemala on Friday. Event id: us7000qruk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qruk. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/08/25 / 2025-08-29 10:30:39 / August 29, 2025 @ 10:30 am UTC/GMT. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:30:39 / 10:30 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -90.8972 West, latitude 13.5047 North, depth = 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Escuintla, Nueva Concepción, Chiquimulilla. The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Escuintla (c. 103 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Puerto San José (c. 18 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Chiquimulilla (c. 12 800 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Nueva Concepción (c. 11 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Masagua (c. 10 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 47 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala.

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