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The Insivumeh reported an alert sent on its app about an alleged earthquake in Santa Rosa and that was a test.
Illustrative photo. A woman, calling himself Rosario, consult WhatsApp messages on her mobile phone at her home in Washington, DC, on March 21, 2025. (Free press photo: AFP)
The National Institute of Seismology, Volcanology, Meteorology and Hydrology (Insivumeh) reported this April 8 that it has worked to improve the early alert application of earthquakes.
The institution reported that on Tuesday it carried out a test exercise with the objective of “integrating improve for warning notification.”
“This notification was a test exercise for what we request not to perform any action in the face of the app of the app,” says Insivumeh.
According to several users, the test occurred around 8 in the morning of this Tuesday, where an alleged earthquake of magnitude 6.5 with Santa Rosa was recorded as an epicenter.
The application detailed that the depth of the alleged earthquake was six kilometers.
Today at 8:12 AM the Insivumeh alert recorded a powerful earthquake magnitude 6.5 only 6km deep and with epicenter in Santa Rosa, however it was a serious false alarm that scared many people.
An earthquake from that magnitude to so shallow depth would be very destructive and not … pic.twitter.com/ulb0xicvf6
– Guatemala climate (@climaenguate) April 8, 2025
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– Insivumeh (@insivumehgt) April 8, 2025