M4.3 earthquake 53 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 53 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala on Tue, Apr 9, 2013, 10:10 AM CST (16:10 UTC), 44 km (27 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 26 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2013-04-09 16:10:49 UTC
- Depth
- 43.8 km (27.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 14.061° N, 92.386° 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 us2013nufa. 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.
- Station coverage gap
- 199°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.338 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4921 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.072 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 4920 days ago · 45 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.058 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4912 days ago · 49 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.120 km ESE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4911 days ago · 102 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.085 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4905 days ago · 20 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.0near the coast of Chiapas, Mexico · 4898 days ago · 62 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.0106 km SW of Ocós, Guatemala · 4898 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.181 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4897 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.4103 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 4897 days ago · 40 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.275 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 4894 days ago · 17 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.017 km WSW of Aquiles Serdán, Mexico · 4893 days ago · 81 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.116 km WSW of Aquiles Serdán, Mexico · 4893 days ago · 80 km deep · 95 km away
- 5.126 km SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4892 days ago · 66 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 32
- 4.036 km SE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4892 days ago · 36 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.387 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4890 days ago · 27 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.072 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 4890 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.168 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4885 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.182 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4884 days ago · 36 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.081 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4880 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.277 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4870 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.484 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4870 days ago · 44 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 8
- 4.458 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4868 days ago · 39 km deep · 9 km away
Before
- 4.151 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4935 days ago · 82 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.449 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4935 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.935 km SW of Tiquisate, Guatemala · 4936 days ago · 85 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 17
- 4.080 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4942 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.213 km NE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4944 days ago · 91 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.292 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4947 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.659 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4950 days ago · 54 km deep · 81 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2013nufa. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:29 AM UTC.