Guatemala earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake Guatemala

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in Guatemala on Fri, Nov 21, 2014, 10:39 PM CST (04:39 UTC), 67 km (41 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.1 61 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2014-11-22 04:39:48 UTC
Depth
66.7 km (41.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
14.190° N, 91.825° W
Region
Guatemala
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

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

Felt at San Juan La Laguna.

From the USGS event page for usb000sywe. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 8.2 km horizontally, 8.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
171°
Stations used
54

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 31 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.652 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4329 days ago · 55 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.064 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 4325 days ago · 19 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 4.423 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4317 days ago · 68 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 5.950 km S of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4316 days ago · 28 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 17
  5. 4.257 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4316 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 4.551 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4316 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 4.454 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4316 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 4.5near the coast of Guatemala · 4316 days ago · 45 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 6.161 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4316 days ago · 32 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 15
  10. 4.089 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4316 days ago · 32 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 4.767 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4316 days ago · 46 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 4.146 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4316 days ago · 44 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 4.158 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4316 days ago · 39 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 4.272 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4316 days ago · 43 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 4.259 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4315 days ago · 40 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 4.2near the coast of Guatemala · 4315 days ago · 44 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  17. 4.766 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4315 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 4.450 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4315 days ago · 50 km deep · 40 km away
  19. 4.460 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4315 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 4.174 km SW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 4314 days ago · 37 km deep · 81 km away
  21. 4.863 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4312 days ago · 52 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  22. 4.257 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4311 days ago · 37 km deep · 66 km away
  23. 4.452 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4311 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  24. 4.259 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4311 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
  25. 4.639 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4308 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
  26. 4.219 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4304 days ago · 80 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  27. 4.545 km SW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 4303 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  28. 4.184 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4282 days ago · 39 km deep · 74 km away
  29. 4.231 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4276 days ago · 63 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  30. 3.950 km WSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4273 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
  31. 5.54 km NNW of San Francisco El Alto, Guatemala · 4272 days ago · 154 km deep · 96 km away

Before

  1. 4.414 km W of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4340 days ago · 87 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 4.665 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4346 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.567 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4352 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000sywe. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:37 AM UTC.