M4.3 earthquake 39 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 39 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala on Sun, Dec 23, 2012, 5:01 AM CST (11:01 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
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2012-12-23 11:01:09 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 14.186° N, 92.349° 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
- 139°
- Stations used
- 129
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.462 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5024 days ago · 27 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.546 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 5023 days ago · 16 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.380 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5022 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.565 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5020 days ago · 16 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.6126 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5020 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.368 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 5020 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 6
- 5.15 km SE of Unión Juárez, Mexico · 5019 days ago · 123 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 10
- 4.532 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5019 days ago · 62 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.343 km WSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5019 days ago · 42 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.555 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5019 days ago · 51 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.481 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 5018 days ago · 27 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.099 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 5014 days ago · 23 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.316 km SW of Buenos Aires, Mexico · 5007 days ago · 79 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 14
- 4.160 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5007 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.138 km WSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 5000 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.173 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5000 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.633 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 4998 days ago · 59 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.557 km SW of Ocós, Guatemala · 4996 days ago · 28 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.2104 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4992 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.44 km WSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4991 days ago · 77 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.6134 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 4991 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.710 km SW of Francisco I. Madero, Mexico · 4979 days ago · 98 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 4
- 4.568 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4979 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.279 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4979 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.060 km SW of Ocós, Guatemala · 4977 days ago · 16 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.170 km WSW of Aquiles Serdán, Mexico · 4972 days ago · 76 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.218 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4967 days ago · 68 km deep · 50 km away
Before
- 4.390 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 5029 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.076 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 5029 days ago · 37 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.474 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5033 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.845 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 5034 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.461 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5034 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.044 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5036 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
- 5.155 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 5036 days ago · 36 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 4
- 4.438 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 5036 days ago · 37 km deep · 50 km away
- 5.247 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 5036 days ago · 37 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.587 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5037 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.0near the coast of Chiapas, Mexico · 5038 days ago · 16 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.459 km SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 5039 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.148 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5039 days ago · 23 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.061 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5039 days ago · 16 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.337 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 5040 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.085 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5040 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.0101 km SW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5041 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.451 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 5041 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.362 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 5041 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.352 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5044 days ago · 86 km deep · 13 km away
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