Light mag. 4.2 earthquake - 131 km southwest of Guatemala City, Guatemala, on 2020-02-26 19:59:04 -06:00 -

Light mag. 4.2 earthquake - 131 km southwest of Guatemala City, Guatemala, on 2020-02-26 19:59:04 -06:00

Light magnitude 4.2 earthquake at 39 km depth

27 Feb 02:18 UTC: First to report: USGS after 19 minutes.
Date & time: 27 Feb 2020 01:59:04 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: 2020-02-26 19:59:04 -06:00
Magnitude: 4.2
Depth: 39.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 13.5724°N / 91.0328°W (North Pacific Ocean, Guatemala)
Nearest volcano: Tecuamburro (94 km / 58 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
46 km (28 mi) SSW of San Jose (Municipio de San José) (pop: 18,700) --> See nearby quakes!
57 km (35 mi) S of La Gomera (pop: 24,000) --> See nearby quakes!
85 km (53 mi) S of Santa Lucia Cotzumalguapa (pop: 62,100) --> See nearby quakes!
85 km (53 mi) SSW of Escuintla (pop: 103,200) --> See nearby quakes!
87 km (54 mi) SSE of Pueblo Nuevo Tiquisate (pop: 18,200) --> See nearby quakes!
99 km (62 mi) SSW of Palin (Palín) (pop: 31,300) --> See nearby quakes!
115 km (71 mi) SSW of Villa Canales (pop: 122,200) --> See nearby quakes!
123 km (77 mi) S of Chimaltenango (pop: 82,400) --> See nearby quakes!
126 km (79 mi) SSW of Mixco (pop: 473,100) --> See nearby quakes!
131 km (82 mi) SSW of Guatemala City (pop: 994,900) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Estimated released energy: 1.3 x 1011 joules (35 megawatt hours, equivalent to 30.1 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
MagnitudeDepthLocationSource
M 4.239 km45km SSW of Puerto San Jose, GuatemalaUSGS
M 4.239 kmOffshore GuatemalaEMSC
M 4.627 km38 Km al sureste de Sipacate, GuatemalaINETER

User reports for this quake (1)

User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
San Andrés Itzapa / Very weak shaking (MMI II)
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