A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Champerico in Guatemala. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 89.921 km (56 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 89.921 km, -91.7665° West, 14.3641° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000riqw. Id of event: us6000riqw. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 18:58:28 / 6:58 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/10/25 / 2025-10-22 18:58:28 / October 22, 2025 @ 6:58 pm.
Event epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Quetzaltenango (c. 132 200 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Chichicastenango (c. 79 800 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Totonicapán (c. 69 700 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (c. 62 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from San Francisco El Alto (c. 54 500 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Coatepeque (c. 45 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Zaragoza, Santa Cruz del Quiché, Huehuetán (min 5000 pop).
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 three and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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