M4.6 earthquake 39 km S of Champerico, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 39 km S of Champerico, Guatemala on Sun, Dec 14, 2014, 10:57 PM CST (04:57 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 110 km S 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-12-15 04:57:43 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.941° N, 91.974° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.4 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 104°
- Stations used
- 149
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 24 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.776 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 4304 days ago · 40 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.219 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4304 days ago · 80 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 4.545 km SW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 4303 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.247 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4302 days ago · 50 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.184 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4282 days ago · 39 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.231 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4276 days ago · 63 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 3.950 km WSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4274 days ago · 15 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.391 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 4271 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.265 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4269 days ago · 37 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.263 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4268 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.478 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4267 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.484 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4267 days ago · 36 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.751 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4267 days ago · 53 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.199 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4265 days ago · 32 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.582 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 4263 days ago · 16 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.9110 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4260 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.544 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4254 days ago · 47 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.639 km SSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4253 days ago · 67 km deep · 83 km away
Before
- 4.259 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4311 days ago · 23 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.452 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4311 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.257 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4311 days ago · 37 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.863 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4313 days ago · 52 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 4.174 km SW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 4314 days ago · 37 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.460 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4315 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.450 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4315 days ago · 50 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.766 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4316 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.2near the coast of Guatemala · 4316 days ago · 44 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 4.259 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4316 days ago · 40 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.272 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4316 days ago · 43 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.158 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4316 days ago · 39 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.146 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4316 days ago · 44 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.767 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4316 days ago · 46 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.089 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4316 days ago · 32 km deep · 63 km away
- 6.161 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4316 days ago · 32 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 15
- 4.5near the coast of Guatemala · 4316 days ago · 45 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.454 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4316 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.551 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4316 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.257 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4316 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000t6rf. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:58 PM UTC.