M4.8 earthquake 34 km SE of Champerico, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 34 km SE of Champerico, Guatemala on Mon, Jan 13, 2014, 5:03 PM CST (23:03 UTC), 64 km (40 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 48 km SW 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
- 4.8 (mwr), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-01-13 23:03:41 UTC
- Depth
- 63.7 km (39.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 14.095° N, 91.669° W
- Region
- Guatemala
- Felt reports
- 10
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
10 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Normal
- Moment magnitude
- 4.8 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 283°, dip 32°, rake -115°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 132°, dip 61°, rake -75°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 82°
- Stations used
- 213
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.312 km SE of Ciudad Tecún Umán, Guatemala · 4641 days ago · 85 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.032 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4631 days ago · 65 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.330 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4621 days ago · 48 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.393 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4618 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.556 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4613 days ago · 38 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.593 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 4605 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.998 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4605 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.829 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4597 days ago · 55 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.350 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4597 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.948 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4597 days ago · 39 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.076 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 4593 days ago · 20 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.135 km SW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 4589 days ago · 59 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.237 km SW of Tiquisate, Guatemala · 4588 days ago · 60 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.558 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 4587 days ago · 47 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.255 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4585 days ago · 73 km deep · 45 km away
Before
- 4.016 km SSE of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4644 days ago · 67 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.58 km SSW of Pajapita, Guatemala · 4645 days ago · 78 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 14
- 4.411 km S of Ocós, Guatemala · 4646 days ago · 67 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 7
- 4.139 km WSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4651 days ago · 56 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.158 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4653 days ago · 46 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.528 km WSW of Tiquisate, Guatemala · 4654 days ago · 62 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.141 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4654 days ago · 143 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.024 km S of Ocós, Guatemala · 4654 days ago · 51 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.650 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4656 days ago · 48 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.280 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4656 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.429 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4659 days ago · 72 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
- 4.110 km NW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 4661 days ago · 82 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.968 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4666 days ago · 36 km deep · 58 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000m0ev. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:32 AM UTC.