M4.2 earthquake 104 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 104 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala on Thu, Dec 5, 2013, 7:17 PM CST (01:17 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 34 km SE of Champerico, Guatemala. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2013-12-06 01:17:36 UTC
- Depth
- 22.8 km (14.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.234° N, 91.485° 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
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 189°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.181 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4683 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.168 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4680 days ago · 42 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.968 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4669 days ago · 36 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.429 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4662 days ago · 72 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
- 4.280 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4659 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.141 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4657 days ago · 143 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.139 km WSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4654 days ago · 56 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.834 km SE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4645 days ago · 64 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 10
- 4.032 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4634 days ago · 65 km deep · 95 km away
Before
- 4.283 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4685 days ago · 31 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.191 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4694 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.0102 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4694 days ago · 51 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.982 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4695 days ago · 39 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.262 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 4696 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.458 km SW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4699 days ago · 28 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.121 km WSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4705 days ago · 79 km deep · 84 km away
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