M3.8 earthquake 93 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 93 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala on Thu, May 15, 2014, 1:53 AM CST (07:53 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 42 km SSW 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
- 3.8 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-05-15 07:53:09 UTC
- Depth
- 19.8 km (12.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.672° N, 92.505° 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
- ±0.29
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 208°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.277 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4518 days ago · 31 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.352 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4518 days ago · 45 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.0117 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 4518 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.942 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4515 days ago · 45 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.0114 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4506 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.158 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4503 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.0137 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4485 days ago · 41 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.1108 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4480 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.324 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4467 days ago · 79 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 3
- 4.289 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4464 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.367 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4464 days ago · 56 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.138 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4463 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
Before
- 4.287 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 4522 days ago · 18 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.559 km SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4525 days ago · 55 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.460 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4526 days ago · 47 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.240 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4533 days ago · 41 km deep · 64 km away
- 5.036 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 4540 days ago · 74 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.671 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4546 days ago · 32 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.7143 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4547 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.3105 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4551 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000rbkc. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:13 PM UTC.