Light earthquake 4.6 mag, 46 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala

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Earthquake location 13.8993S, -92.068W A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Champerico in Guatemala. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -92.068° West, 13.8993° North. Id of earthquake: us6000rfl9. Event ids that are associated: us6000rfl9. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/10/25 / 2025-10-08 11:58:02 / October 8, 2025 @ 11:58 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:58:02 / 11:58 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Colomba, San Bernardino, San Francisco Zapotitlán. Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Coatepeque (c. 45 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Mazatenango (c. 44 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Retalhuleu (c. 36 700 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Nuevo San Carlos (c. 19 200 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Colomba (c. 19 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Tiquisate (c. 18 200 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 14 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop).

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

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 46 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala.

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