M4.2 earthquake 81 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 81 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala on Sun, Nov 18, 2012, 6:18 PM CST (00:18 UTC), 25 km (15 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 63 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2012-11-19 00:18:05 UTC
- Depth
- 24.5 km (15.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.858° N, 92.554° W
- Region
- Guatemala
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for usp000jvsm. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
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
- 170°
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 51 in the 60 days after this one and 97 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.355 km SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 5068 days ago · 48 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.261 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5067 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.554 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 5067 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.463 km SW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5066 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.463 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 5066 days ago · 106 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.455 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5063 days ago · 30 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.947 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5062 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.375 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5060 days ago · 39 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.067 km SW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5060 days ago · 18 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.670 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 5060 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.0105 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 5059 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.563 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5057 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.538 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5057 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.074 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5057 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 5.443 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5053 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 4
- 4.4Near the coast of Guatemala · 5051 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.079 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5051 days ago · 20 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.352 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5051 days ago · 86 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.362 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 5048 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.451 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 5048 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.0101 km SW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5048 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.085 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5047 days ago · 35 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.337 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 5046 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.061 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5046 days ago · 16 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.148 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5046 days ago · 23 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.459 km SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 5046 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.0near the coast of Chiapas, Mexico · 5045 days ago · 16 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.587 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5043 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 5.247 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 5043 days ago · 37 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.438 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 5043 days ago · 37 km deep · 66 km away
- 5.155 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 5043 days ago · 36 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 4
- 4.044 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5043 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.461 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5041 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.845 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 5041 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.474 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5039 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.076 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 5036 days ago · 37 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.390 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 5036 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.339 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5034 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.462 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5031 days ago · 27 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.546 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 5030 days ago · 16 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.380 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5029 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.565 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5027 days ago · 16 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.6126 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5027 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 5.368 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 5026 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 6
- 4.532 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5025 days ago · 62 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.343 km WSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5025 days ago · 42 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.555 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5025 days ago · 51 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.481 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 5025 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.099 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 5021 days ago · 23 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.160 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5014 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.5121 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 5012 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
Before
- 4.463 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5068 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.071 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5068 days ago · 14 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.071 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5068 days ago · 34 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.158 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 5068 days ago · 96 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.562 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5069 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.573 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 5069 days ago · 28 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.2102 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5069 days ago · 16 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.350 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5070 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.461 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5070 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.847 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 5070 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.059 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 5071 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.484 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5071 days ago · 35 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.749 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5071 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.932 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 5072 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 4
- 5.093 km SW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5072 days ago · 12 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.240 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5073 days ago · 26 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.274 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5073 days ago · 35 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.575 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5073 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.850 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5074 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.664 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 5074 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
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