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Light mag. 4.4 earthquake - 52 km west of Retalhuleu, Departamento de Retalhuleu, Guatemala, on Tuesday, January 21, 1975 at 00:36 GMT

Light magnitude 4.4 earthquake at 106 km depth

Earthquake details

Date & time	Jan 21, 1975 00:36:11 UTC
Local time at epicenter
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.4
Depth	106.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	14.374°N / 92.135°W (North Pacific Ocean, Guatemala)
Antipode	14.374°S / 87.865°E
Shaking intensity	Very weak shaking
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	Siete Orejas (74 km / 46 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	16 km (10 mi) SSE of Ocos (Ocós) (pop: 9,460) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 26 km (16 mi) WNW of Champerico (pop: 7,760) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 34 km (21 mi) S of Ciudad Tecun Uman (Ayutla) (pop: 11,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 47 km (29 mi) SW of Coatepec (pop: 45,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 53 km (33 mi) WSW of Nuevo San Carlos (pop: 19,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 57 km (35 mi) SW of Colomba (pop: 19,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 60 km (38 mi) SSE of Tapachula de Cordova y Ordoñez (Mexico) (pop: 202,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 67 km (42 mi) WSW of Palmar (pop: 15,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 84 km (52 mi) SW of Quetzaltenango (pop: 132,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 177 km (110 mi) W of Guatemala (pop: 994,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	2.5 x 10¹¹ joules (69.8 megawatt hours, equivalent to 60 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.4	106 km	offshore Guatemala	USGS

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