M4.4 earthquake 74 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 74 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala on Mon, Dec 17, 2012, 8:38 AM CST (14:38 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 42 km SW of La Gomera, Guatemala. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2012-12-17 14:38:17 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.633° N, 92.054° W
- Region
- Guatemala
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 274°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 44 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.390 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 5027 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.351 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 5026 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.339 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5025 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.462 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5022 days ago · 27 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.380 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5021 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.642 km SW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 5020 days ago · 60 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.353 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 5020 days ago · 45 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.26 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 5019 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.565 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5018 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.6126 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5018 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.532 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5017 days ago · 62 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.343 km WSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5017 days ago · 42 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.555 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5017 days ago · 51 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.481 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 5017 days ago · 27 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.355 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 5012 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.160 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5005 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.138 km WSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4998 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.173 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4998 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.633 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 4997 days ago · 59 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.557 km SW of Ocós, Guatemala · 4994 days ago · 28 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.2104 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4990 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.44 km WSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4990 days ago · 77 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.568 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4977 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.279 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4977 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.060 km SW of Ocós, Guatemala · 4975 days ago · 16 km deep · 71 km away
Before
- 4.845 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 5032 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.461 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5033 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.044 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5034 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.155 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 5034 days ago · 36 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 4
- 4.438 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 5034 days ago · 37 km deep · 37 km away
- 5.247 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 5034 days ago · 37 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.587 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5035 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.0near the coast of Chiapas, Mexico · 5037 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.459 km SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 5037 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.148 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5037 days ago · 23 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.061 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5038 days ago · 16 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.364 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 5038 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.085 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5038 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.0101 km SW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5039 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.451 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 5040 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.362 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 5040 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.352 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5042 days ago · 86 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.079 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5042 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.4Near the coast of Guatemala · 5043 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.045 km SW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 5043 days ago · 74 km deep · 82 km away
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