A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Champerico in Guatemala. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -91.7998 West, latitude 13.7603 North, depth = 15.2 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:44:35 / 3:44 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.2 km (9 miles). Event id: us6000rpa2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rpa2. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/11/25 / 2025-11-20 03:44:35 / November 20, 2025 @ 3:44 am UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Mazatenango (c. 44 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Retalhuleu (c. 36 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from San Pablo Jocopilas (c. 20 300 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Nuevo San Carlos (c. 19 200 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Tiquisate (c. 18 200 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 14 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Pablo Jocopilas, Samayac, San Felipe (min 5000 pop).

Every 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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