M4.6 earthquake 50 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 50 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala on Tue, Dec 31, 2013, 4:22 AM CST (10:22 UTC), 48 km (30 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 8 km SSW of Pajapita, Guatemala. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2013-12-31 10:22:05 UTC
- Depth
- 47.6 km (29.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.973° N, 92.251° 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
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 105°
- Stations used
- 243
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.024 km S of Ocós, Guatemala · 4656 days ago · 51 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.141 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4656 days ago · 143 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.528 km WSW of Tiquisate, Guatemala · 4656 days ago · 62 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.158 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4655 days ago · 46 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.139 km WSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4653 days ago · 56 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.411 km S of Ocós, Guatemala · 4648 days ago · 67 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 7
- 5.58 km SSW of Pajapita, Guatemala · 4647 days ago · 78 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 14
- 4.016 km SSE of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4645 days ago · 67 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.834 km SE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4644 days ago · 64 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 10
- 4.312 km SE of Ciudad Tecún Umán, Guatemala · 4643 days ago · 85 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.032 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4633 days ago · 65 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.398 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4633 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.1114 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4632 days ago · 43 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.330 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4622 days ago · 48 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.393 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4619 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.267 km SSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4615 days ago · 16 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.556 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4614 days ago · 38 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.998 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4607 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.876 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4605 days ago · 75 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.494 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4600 days ago · 32 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.829 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4599 days ago · 55 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.350 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4598 days ago · 35 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.948 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4598 days ago · 39 km deep · 3 km away
Before
- 4.110 km NW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 4663 days ago · 82 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.968 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4668 days ago · 36 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.1123 km SW of Ocós, Guatemala · 4668 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.741 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4671 days ago · 95 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.324 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4676 days ago · 46 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.331 km WSW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 4678 days ago · 64 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.168 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4679 days ago · 42 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.181 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4682 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.283 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4684 days ago · 31 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.3100 km SW of Ocós, Guatemala · 4685 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
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