M4.2 earthquake 79 km S of Champerico, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 79 km S of Champerico, Guatemala on Sat, Feb 9, 2013, 12:57 AM CST (06:57 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 35 km SW of Tiquisate, 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), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2013-02-09 06:57:05 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.586° N, 91.806° 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
- 220°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 38
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.060 km SW of Ocós, Guatemala · 4976 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.218 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4966 days ago · 68 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.115 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 4964 days ago · 107 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.214 km WSW of Tiquisate, Guatemala · 4962 days ago · 78 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 4
- 4.659 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4946 days ago · 54 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.213 km NE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4940 days ago · 91 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.935 km SW of Tiquisate, Guatemala · 4931 days ago · 85 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 17
- 4.449 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4931 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.151 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4930 days ago · 82 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.353 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 4919 days ago · 44 km deep · 82 km away
Before
- 4.568 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4978 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.44 km WSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4991 days ago · 77 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.2104 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4991 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.557 km SW of Ocós, Guatemala · 4995 days ago · 28 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.633 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 4997 days ago · 59 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.173 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4999 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.138 km WSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4999 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.160 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5006 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2013lkh2. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 11:57 AM UTC.