M4.0 earthquake 101 km SW of Ocós, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 101 km SW of Ocós, Guatemala on Sun, Dec 9, 2012, 2:23 AM CST (08:23 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 68 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (md), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2012-12-09 08:23:55 UTC
- Depth
- 34.9 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.753° N, 92.727° 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.
- Station coverage gap
- 301°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 76 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.085 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5039 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.337 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 5039 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.061 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5039 days ago · 16 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.148 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5038 days ago · 23 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.0near the coast of Chiapas, Mexico · 5038 days ago · 16 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.587 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5036 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.438 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 5036 days ago · 37 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.044 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5035 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.461 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5034 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.845 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 5034 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.474 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5032 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.076 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 5029 days ago · 37 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.339 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5026 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.462 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5023 days ago · 27 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.546 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 5022 days ago · 16 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.380 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5022 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.565 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5019 days ago · 16 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.6126 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5019 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.368 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 5019 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 6
- 4.532 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5018 days ago · 62 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.343 km WSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5018 days ago · 42 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.555 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5018 days ago · 51 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.099 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 5014 days ago · 23 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.160 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5007 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.5121 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 5005 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.173 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4999 days ago · 20 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.633 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 4998 days ago · 59 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.557 km SW of Ocós, Guatemala · 4995 days ago · 28 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.2104 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4991 days ago · 15 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.6134 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 4990 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
Before
- 4.451 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 5041 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.362 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 5041 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.352 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5043 days ago · 86 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.079 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5043 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.4Near the coast of Guatemala · 5044 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 5.443 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5046 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 4
- 4.074 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5049 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.538 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5050 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
- 5.563 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5050 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.0105 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 5051 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.670 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 5052 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.067 km SW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5052 days ago · 18 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.375 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5052 days ago · 39 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.947 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5055 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.455 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5055 days ago · 30 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.463 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 5058 days ago · 106 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.463 km SW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5059 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.261 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5060 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.281 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5061 days ago · 25 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.463 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5061 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000jwr3. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 4:14 PM UTC.