M4.4 earthquake 81 km S of Champerico, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 81 km S of Champerico, Guatemala on Mon, Dec 31, 2012, 11:47 AM CST (17:47 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 33 km SSW of Ocós, 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
- 2012-12-31 17:47:22 UTC
- Depth
- 26.8 km (16.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.564° N, 91.797° 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
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 117°
- Stations used
- 44
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 32 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.355 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 5010 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.160 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5004 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.138 km WSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4996 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.173 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4996 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.633 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 4995 days ago · 59 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.557 km SW of Ocós, Guatemala · 4992 days ago · 28 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.2104 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4988 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.44 km WSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4988 days ago · 77 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.568 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4975 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.279 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4975 days ago · 35 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.060 km SW of Ocós, Guatemala · 4973 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.218 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4963 days ago · 68 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.214 km WSW of Tiquisate, Guatemala · 4959 days ago · 78 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 4
Before
- 4.555 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5015 days ago · 51 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.343 km WSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5015 days ago · 42 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.532 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5015 days ago · 62 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.6126 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5016 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.565 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5016 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.26 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 5018 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.353 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 5018 days ago · 45 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.642 km SW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 5018 days ago · 60 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.380 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5019 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.462 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5020 days ago · 27 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.339 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5023 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.351 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 5024 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.390 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 5025 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.474 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5029 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.845 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 5031 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.461 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5031 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.044 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5032 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
- 5.155 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 5032 days ago · 36 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 4
- 4.438 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 5032 days ago · 37 km deep · 46 km away
- 5.247 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 5033 days ago · 37 km deep · 42 km away
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