M4.1 earthquake 10 km W of Tiquisate, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 10 km W of Tiquisate, Guatemala on Sun, Apr 22, 2012, 2:07 AM CST (08:07 UTC), 71 km (44 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 22 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2012-04-22 08:07:50 UTC
- Depth
- 71.0 km (44.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 14.281° N, 91.457° W
- Region
- Guatemala
- Felt reports
- 5
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt at Coban, Mixco and Santa Catarina Pinula. Also felt at Dangriga, Belize and at San Salvador, El Salvador.
From the USGS event page for usp000jjd7. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
5 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Station coverage gap
- 189°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 46
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.322 km SW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 5268 days ago · 53 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.178 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 5268 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.36 km WNW of Santa Bárbara, Guatemala · 5264 days ago · 98 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 5
- 4.328 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5257 days ago · 59 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.063 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 5250 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.722 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 5234 days ago · 83 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 7
- 4.318 km S of La Gomera, Guatemala · 5233 days ago · 73 km deep · 61 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000jjd7 (also filed as usc000995x). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:41 AM UTC.