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M5.2 earthquake 18 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 18 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala on Thu, Aug 28, 2014, 2:27 AM CST (08:27 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.2 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Thu, Aug 28, 2014, 2:27 AM CST
UTC: 2014-08-28 08:27:41 UTC
Depth: 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 14.127° N, 91.869° W
Region: Guatemala
Felt reports: 21
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
5.2	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.027 · 482 stations
5.2	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.1

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt (IV) at San Bartolome Milpas Altas and (III) at Mixco and Santa Catarina Pinula. Also felt at Chicacao, El Palmar, Guatemala, Lanquin, Palin, Petapa, Quetzaltenango, San Andres Xecul, Santa Cruz La Laguna, Santa Lucia Utatlan and Solola. Felt (I) at San Salvador, El Salvador. Also felt at El Congo and San Martin.

From the USGS event page for usc000s7ku. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

21 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 4.8 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.03
Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap: 62°
Stations used: 493

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000s7ku (also filed as iscgem605173939). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:38 AM UTC.