Guatemala earthquakes

M5.2 earthquake 6 km SSW of Cuilco, Guatemala

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 6 km SSW of Cuilco, Guatemala on Mon, Jun 16, 2014, 5:04 AM CDT (10:04 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.9 4 km W of Puerto Madero, Mexico. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.2 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Mon, Jun 16, 2014, 5:04 AM CDT
UTC: 2014-06-16 10:04:31 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 15.350° N, 91.969° W
Region: Guatemala
Felt reports: 3
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 · 495 stations
5.02	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.1

Did you feel it?

3 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.

Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.03
Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap: 63°
Stations used: 219

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000rg0c (also filed as iscgem604729372). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:46 AM UTC.