A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from San Juan Bautista in Guatemala on Saturday. The temblor was reported at 16:56:21 / 4:56 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/10/25 / 2025-10-25 16:56:21 / October 25, 2025 @ 4:56 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rjgk. Unique identifier: us6000rjgk. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 98.932 km (61 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -91.196° West, 14.4001° North, depth 98.932 km.

Earthquake epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Guatemala City (c. 994 900 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Mixco (c. 473 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Villa Nueva (c. 406 800 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Petapa (c. 141 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from San Juan Sacatepéquez (c. 136 900 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Quetzaltenango (c. 132 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cabricán, Guazacapán, San Pedro Ayampuc. Nearby country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop) (That might be effected).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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