M4.8 earthquake 29 km SW of La Gomera, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 29 km SW of La Gomera, Guatemala on Thu, Jul 18, 2013, 1:48 PM CST (19:48 UTC), 43 km (27 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 29 km WSW 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
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2013-07-18 19:48:13 UTC
- Depth
- 43.4 km (27.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.934° N, 91.279° W
- Region
- Guatemala
- Felt reports
- 6
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.8 | mb, body-wave | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · 238 stations |
| 5.26 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt at Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala, Mixco, Retalhuleu and San Pablo La Laguna. Felt (II) at San Salvador, El Salvador.
From the USGS event page for usb000ih4f. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
6 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Station coverage gap
- 108°
- Stations used
- 265
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.242 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4814 days ago · 68 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.06 km SSE of Villa Canales, Guatemala · 4813 days ago · 231 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.287 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4808 days ago · 32 km deep · 65 km away
- 5.629 km WSW of Tiquisate, Guatemala · 4804 days ago · 54 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 54
- 4.171 km S of Iztapa, Guatemala · 4803 days ago · 34 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.534 km SW of Tiquisate, Guatemala · 4801 days ago · 71 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.363 km S of Iztapa, Guatemala · 4800 days ago · 34 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.336 km SE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4799 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 3
- 4.991 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4795 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.277 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4794 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.562 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4785 days ago · 43 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.278 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 4783 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.026 km SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4777 days ago · 51 km deep · 26 km away
- 5.419 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4773 days ago · 52 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 6
- 4.06 km SE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4773 days ago · 60 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 5
- 4.122 km WSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4772 days ago · 44 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.315 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4772 days ago · 65 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 5
- 4.113 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4772 days ago · 44 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.63 km SSW of Petapa, Guatemala · 4772 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.025 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4770 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.121 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4769 days ago · 45 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.024 km WSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4769 days ago · 28 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.017 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4768 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.015 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4766 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.312 km ENE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4764 days ago · 66 km deep · 72 km away
Before
- 4.45 km ESE of Masagua, Guatemala · 4824 days ago · 99 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.034 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4829 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.052 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4838 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.130 km SW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4841 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.134 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4850 days ago · 48 km deep · 92 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000ih4f (also filed as iscgem603238309). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:03 PM UTC.