Light earthquake: M4.7 quake has struck near Santa Cruz Naranjo in Guatemala

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Earthquake location 14.3829S, -90.4498W A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Santa Cruz Naranjo in Guatemala. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 181.626 km (113 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:06:08 / 11:06 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -90.4498 West, latitude 14.3829 North, depth = 181.626 km. Global time and date of event 21/10/25 / 2025-10-21 23:06:08 / October 21, 2025 @ 11:06 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us6000rijz. Event ids that are associated: us6000rijz. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquake epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Guatemala City (c. 994 900 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Mixco (c. 473 100 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Villa Nueva (c. 406 800 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Petapa (c. 141 500 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from San Juan Sacatepéquez (c. 136 900 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Villa Canales (c. 122 200 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Escuintla (c. 103 200 pop). Close 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 Tiquisate, Santa Clara La Laguna, Juayúa.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 one and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 8 km W of Santa Cruz Naranjo, Guatemala.

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