M4.3 earthquake 87 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 87 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala on Sun, May 12, 2013, 11:37 AM CST (17:37 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 31 km SW 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
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2013-05-12 17:37:06 UTC
- Depth
- 27.1 km (16.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.642° N, 92.375° 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.
- Station coverage gap
- 187°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.072 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 4886 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.0134 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4883 days ago · 66 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.493 km SW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 4883 days ago · 40 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.168 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4881 days ago · 15 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.182 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4880 days ago · 36 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.081 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4876 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.277 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4866 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.484 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4866 days ago · 44 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 8
- 4.458 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4864 days ago · 39 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.631 km SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4856 days ago · 80 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 25
- 4.286 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4856 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.360 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4853 days ago · 42 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.659 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4853 days ago · 62 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.145 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4852 days ago · 25 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.149 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4852 days ago · 24 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.271 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4852 days ago · 46 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.282 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4851 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.134 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4847 days ago · 48 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.241 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4847 days ago · 68 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.0116 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4839 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.052 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4835 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
Before
- 4.036 km SE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4888 days ago · 36 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.275 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 4890 days ago · 17 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.4103 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 4894 days ago · 40 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.181 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4894 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.0106 km SW of Ocós, Guatemala · 4894 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.0near the coast of Chiapas, Mexico · 4894 days ago · 62 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.085 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4901 days ago · 20 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.120 km ESE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4907 days ago · 102 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.058 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4908 days ago · 49 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.072 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 4916 days ago · 45 km deep · 67 km away
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Sources
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