M4.5 earthquake 56 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 56 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala on Wed, Feb 12, 2014, 12:00 PM CST (18:00 UTC), 38 km (24 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-02-12 18:00:45 UTC
- Depth
- 37.8 km (23.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.891° N, 92.231° 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
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 161°
- Stations used
- 96
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.593 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 4605 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.998 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4605 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.876 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4603 days ago · 75 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.494 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4598 days ago · 32 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.829 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4597 days ago · 55 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.350 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4597 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.948 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4596 days ago · 39 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.9111 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4596 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.087 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4594 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.9105 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4594 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.3103 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4594 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.678 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4594 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.092 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4594 days ago · 40 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.088 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4594 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.198 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4594 days ago · 21 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.468 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4593 days ago · 50 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.296 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4593 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.276 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4592 days ago · 21 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.237 km SW of Tiquisate, Guatemala · 4588 days ago · 60 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.090 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 4586 days ago · 34 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.255 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4585 days ago · 73 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.487 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4581 days ago · 44 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.023 km WSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4578 days ago · 19 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.273 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4572 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.450 km SW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 4569 days ago · 53 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.420 km SW of Flores Costa Cuca, Guatemala · 4567 days ago · 94 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.742 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4560 days ago · 55 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.711 km SSW of Tinajas 1ra. Sección, Mexico · 4559 days ago · 88 km deep · 83 km away
Before
- 4.267 km SSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4613 days ago · 16 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.393 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4618 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.330 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4621 days ago · 48 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.1114 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4630 days ago · 43 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.398 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4631 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.032 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4631 days ago · 65 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.312 km SE of Ciudad Tecún Umán, Guatemala · 4641 days ago · 85 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.834 km SE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4642 days ago · 64 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 10
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000mp78. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:55 AM UTC.