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Moderate mag. 5.1 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 84 km south of San Jose, Guatemala, on Sunday, Jun 19, 2022 at 11:57 am (GMT -6) -
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Moderate magnitude 5.1 earthquake at 25 km depth
19 Jun 18:05 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 8 minutes.
19 Jun 18:15: Now using data updates from USGS
19 Jun 18:27: Hypocenter depth recalculated from 28.0 to 24.9 km (from 17.4 to 15.5 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 1.8 km (1.1 mi) towards SW.
19 Jun 18:15: Now using data updates from USGS
19 Jun 18:27: Hypocenter depth recalculated from 28.0 to 24.9 km (from 17.4 to 15.5 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 1.8 km (1.1 mi) towards SW.
Update Sun, 19 Jun 2022, 18:09
Magnitude 4.9 earthquake strikes near San Jose, Municipio de San José, Departamento de Escuintla, Guatemala4.9 quake 19 Jun 11:57 am (GMT -6)
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake near San Jose, Municipio de San José, Departamento de Escuintla, Guatemala, was reported only 12 minutes ago by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), considered one of the key international agencies that monitor seismic activity worldwide. The earthquake occurred at a shallow depth of 10 km beneath the epicenter in the morning on Sunday, June 19th, 2022, at 11:57 am local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
A second report was later issued by the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, which listed it as a magnitude 4.9 earthquake as well. A third agency, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), reported the same quake at magnitude 5.3.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in San Jose (pop. 18,700) located 82 km from the epicenter, and Iztapa (pop. 4,000) 83 km away.
VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update magnitude and depth if these change and follow up if other significant news about the quake become available. If you're in the area, please send us your experience through our reporting mechanism, either online or via our mobile app. This will help us provide more first-hand updates to anyone around the globe who wants to know more about this quake.
A second report was later issued by the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, which listed it as a magnitude 4.9 earthquake as well. A third agency, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), reported the same quake at magnitude 5.3.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in San Jose (pop. 18,700) located 82 km from the epicenter, and Iztapa (pop. 4,000) 83 km away.
VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update magnitude and depth if these change and follow up if other significant news about the quake become available. If you're in the area, please send us your experience through our reporting mechanism, either online or via our mobile app. This will help us provide more first-hand updates to anyone around the globe who wants to know more about this quake.
Earthquake data
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Jun 19, 2022 17:57:29 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Sunday, Jun 19, 2022 at 11:57 am (GMT -6) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 5.1 |
| Depth | 24.9 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 13.1861°N / 90.6721°W  (North Pacific Ocean, Guatemala) |
| Antipode | 13.186°S / 89.328°E |
| Shaking intensity | Weak shaking |
| Felt | 1 report |
| Primary data source | USGS (United States Geological Survey) |
| Nearest volcano | Tecuamburro (112 km / 70 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 83 km (52 mi) S of Iztapa (pop: 4,020) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 84 km (52 mi) SSE of San Jose (Municipio de San José) (pop: 18,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 125 km (77 mi) S of Escuintla (pop: 103,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 145 km (90 mi) S of Villa Canales (pop: 122,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 161 km (100 mi) S of Mixco (pop: 473,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 163 km (101 mi) S of Guatemala (pop: 994,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 165 km (102 mi) S of Chimaltenango (pop: 82,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 170 km (106 mi) WSW of San Salvador (El Salvador) (pop: 526,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Overcast Clouds  27.3°C (81 F), humidity: 78%, wind: 8 m/s (16 kts) from SE |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 2.8 x 1012 joules (783 megawatt hours, equivalent to 674 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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.
| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 5.1 | 25 km | 82 Km S of Iztapa, Guatemala | USGS |
| 5.1 | 60 km | OFFSHORE GUATEMALA | EMSC |
| 5.3 | 14 km | 97 Km Al Sur De Izatapa, Guatemala | INETER |
| 5.1 | 25 km | Near Coast of Guatemala | RaspberryShake |
| 4.9 | 10 km | Near Coast of Guatemala | GFZ |
| 5.1 | 68 km | Near Coast of Guatemala | GeoAu |
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Aftershocks
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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (6 quakes)
Date and time | Mag Depth | Location | Details |
| Jun 19, 2022 22:39 7 weeks ago | 3.9 45 km | North Pacific Ocean, 91 km S of San Jose, Guatemala | More |
| Jun 19, 2022 18:47 7 weeks ago | 3.8 3 km | North Pacific Ocean, 86 km S of San Jose, Guatemala | More |
| Jun 19, 2022 18:34 7 weeks ago | 3.5 8 km | North Pacific Ocean, 93 km S of San Jose, Guatemala | More |
| Jun 19, 2022 18:26 7 weeks ago | 3.2 2 km | North Pacific Ocean, 74 km S of San Jose, Guatemala | More |
| Jun 19, 2022 18:19 7 weeks ago | 3.1 4 km | North Pacific Ocean, 73 km S of San Jose, Guatemala | More |
| Jun 19, 2022 18:06 7 weeks ago | 3.0 3 km | North Pacific Ocean, 77 km S of San Jose, Guatemala | More |
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