M4.5 earthquake 87 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 87 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala on Thu, Dec 13, 2012, 10:07 AM CST (16:07 UTC), 10 km (6 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2012-12-13 16:07:15 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.815° N, 92.584° 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
- 141°
- Stations used
- 50
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 31 in the 60 days after this one and 44 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.247 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 5038 days ago · 37 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.438 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 5038 days ago · 37 km deep · 70 km away
- 5.155 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 5038 days ago · 36 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 4
- 4.044 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5038 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.461 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5037 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.845 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 5036 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.474 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5035 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.390 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 5031 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.339 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5029 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.462 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5026 days ago · 27 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.546 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 5025 days ago · 16 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.380 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5025 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.565 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5022 days ago · 16 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.6126 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5022 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.368 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 5022 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 6
- 4.532 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5021 days ago · 62 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.343 km WSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5021 days ago · 42 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.555 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5021 days ago · 51 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.481 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 5021 days ago · 27 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.099 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 5016 days ago · 23 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.160 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5009 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.5121 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 5008 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.173 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5002 days ago · 20 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.633 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5000 days ago · 59 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.557 km SW of Ocós, Guatemala · 4998 days ago · 28 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.2104 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4994 days ago · 15 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.44 km WSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4994 days ago · 77 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.6134 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 4993 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.568 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4981 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.279 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4981 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.060 km SW of Ocós, Guatemala · 4979 days ago · 16 km deep · 29 km away
Before
- 4.0near the coast of Chiapas, Mexico · 5041 days ago · 16 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.459 km SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 5041 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.148 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5041 days ago · 23 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.061 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5041 days ago · 16 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.337 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 5042 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.085 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5042 days ago · 35 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.0101 km SW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5043 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.451 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 5043 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.362 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 5044 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.352 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5046 days ago · 86 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.079 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5046 days ago · 20 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.4Near the coast of Guatemala · 5047 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.443 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5048 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 4
- 4.074 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5052 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.538 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5053 days ago · 35 km deep · 56 km away
- 5.563 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5053 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.0105 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 5054 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.670 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 5055 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.067 km SW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5055 days ago · 18 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.375 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5055 days ago · 39 km deep · 12 km away
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