M3.8 earthquake 21 km WSW of Champerico, Guatemala
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 21 km WSW of Champerico, Guatemala on Sun, Oct 20, 2013, 9:21 PM CST (03:21 UTC), 45 km (28 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 82 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.8 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2013-10-21 03:21:55 UTC
- Depth
- 45.0 km (28.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 14.250° N, 92.110° 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.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.51
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.780 km SW of Ocós, Guatemala · 4724 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.254 km SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4720 days ago · 41 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.332 km S of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4716 days ago · 61 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.037 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4709 days ago · 90 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.06 km SSW of Francisco I. Madero, Mexico · 4704 days ago · 101 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.179 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4697 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.387 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 4696 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.028 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4694 days ago · 20 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.872 km SW of Ocós, Guatemala · 4693 days ago · 36 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.1110 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 4693 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.1110 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4693 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.398 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4693 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.091 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 4693 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.982 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4691 days ago · 39 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.06 km S of Ocós, Guatemala · 4691 days ago · 81 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.3100 km SW of Ocós, Guatemala · 4683 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.283 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4682 days ago · 31 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.181 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4680 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.168 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4676 days ago · 42 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.331 km WSW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 4676 days ago · 64 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.324 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4674 days ago · 46 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.741 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4669 days ago · 95 km deep · 66 km away
Before
- 4.363 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4737 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.132 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4737 days ago · 30 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.140 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4740 days ago · 60 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.473 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4742 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.729 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4744 days ago · 66 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.514 km SE of Ocós, Guatemala · 4747 days ago · 66 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.03 km SE of Ocós, Guatemala · 4754 days ago · 71 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.160 km SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4756 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.320 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4756 days ago · 20 km deep · 10 km away
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