M4.2 earthquake 104 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 104 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala on Sat, Jan 26, 2013, 11:54 PM CST (05:54 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 134 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2013-01-27 05:54:53 UTC
- Depth
- 15.0 km (9.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.598° N, 92.567° W
- Region
- Guatemala
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for usp000jyux. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
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
- 208°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 34
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6134 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 4994 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.568 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4982 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.279 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4982 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.060 km SW of Ocós, Guatemala · 4980 days ago · 16 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.218 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4970 days ago · 68 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.690 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4970 days ago · 44 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.115 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 4968 days ago · 107 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.099 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 4968 days ago · 64 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.077 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4967 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.071 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4966 days ago · 62 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.0101 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4965 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.1101 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4965 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.659 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4950 days ago · 54 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.080 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4941 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
Before
- 4.557 km SW of Ocós, Guatemala · 4999 days ago · 28 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.633 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5001 days ago · 59 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.173 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5003 days ago · 20 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.5121 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 5009 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.160 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5010 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.481 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 5022 days ago · 27 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.555 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5022 days ago · 51 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.343 km WSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5022 days ago · 42 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.532 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5022 days ago · 62 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.6126 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 5023 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.565 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 5023 days ago · 16 km deep · 44 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000jyux. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:22 AM UTC.