A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Cofradía in Honduras on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us6000qj2a. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qj2a. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/06/25 / 2025-06-08 22:26:02 / June 8, 2025 @ 10:26 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 22:26:02 / 10:26 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -87.1976 West, latitude 14.2981 North, depth = 10 km.

Nearby country/countries, Honduras (c. 7 989 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Marcala, Nacaome, Jesús de Otoro. Epicenter of the earthquake was 24 km (15 miles) from Tegucigalpa (c. 850 800 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Comayagua (c. 58 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Danlí (c. 44 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Siguatepeque (c. 43 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from El Paraíso (c. 18 800 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from La Paz (c. 17 600 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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: 9 km N of Cofradía, Honduras.

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