M4.3 earthquake 26 km SE of Champerico, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 26 km SE of Champerico, Guatemala on Thu, Aug 28, 2014, 4:32 PM CST (22:32 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 64 km SSW of Ocós, 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
- 2014-08-28 22:32:47 UTC
- Depth
- 22.0 km (13.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 14.106° N, 91.756° W
- Region
- Guatemala
- Felt reports
- 4
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt at El Palmar, Quetzaltenango and Santa Cruz La Laguna. Felt (I) at Ahuachapan, El Salvador.
From the USGS event page for usc000s7tf. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.2 km horizontally, 5.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.31 km SSW of San Antonio Palopó, Guatemala · 4414 days ago · 200 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.257 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 4414 days ago · 47 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.281 km SW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4412 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.466 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4412 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.551 km SW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4412 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.488 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4408 days ago · 52 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.114 km WNW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 4407 days ago · 76 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.542 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 4403 days ago · 64 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.141 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4400 days ago · 40 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.156 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 4399 days ago · 49 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.345 km SW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 4397 days ago · 57 km deep · 61 km away
- 5.064 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 4394 days ago · 49 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.328 km SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4389 days ago · 47 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.373 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 4382 days ago · 41 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.282 km SW of Ocós, Guatemala · 4382 days ago · 44 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.719 km SSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4376 days ago · 83 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.066 km SW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4358 days ago · 41 km deep · 94 km away
Before
- 5.218 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4417 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 21
- 4.23 km SSW of Sibilia, Guatemala · 4418 days ago · 171 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.166 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4419 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.153 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4421 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 9
- 4.046 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4421 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.011 km SSW of Génova, Guatemala · 4422 days ago · 92 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.018 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4443 days ago · 71 km deep · 99 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000s7tf. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:31 AM UTC.