Guatemala earthquakes

M3.6 earthquake 7 km NNE of Iztapa, Guatemala

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 7 km NNE of Iztapa, Guatemala on Mon, Sep 22, 2014, 7:56 AM CST (13:56 UTC), 67 km (42 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 33 km S of Iztapa, Guatemala. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.6 (mb, body-wave), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2014-09-22 13:56:48 UTC
Depth
67.2 km (41.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
13.997° N, 90.683° W
Region
Guatemala
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

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

Felt (I) at Ahuachapan, El Salvador.

From the USGS event page for usb000srdd. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

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 7.3 km horizontally, 9.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.50
Stations used
0

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.328 km SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4391 days ago · 47 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 4.20 km NNE of Jocotenango, Guatemala · 4378 days ago · 232 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 4.066 km SW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4360 days ago · 41 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 4.128 km S of Iztapa, Guatemala · 4356 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 5.233 km S of Iztapa, Guatemala · 4348 days ago · 67 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 22
  6. 4.2near the coast of Guatemala · 4346 days ago · 53 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 4.982 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4346 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 4.977 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4344 days ago · 44 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 4.178 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4344 days ago · 45 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 4.48 km SSE of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4343 days ago · 88 km deep · 18 km away
  11. 4.732 km SSW of Pasaco, Guatemala · 4340 days ago · 90 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 8
  12. 4.473 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4339 days ago · 45 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 4.747 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4339 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 4.841 km SSE of Iztapa, Guatemala · 4339 days ago · 42 km deep · 48 km away
  15. 4.674 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4333 days ago · 45 km deep · 89 km away

Before

  1. 4.345 km SW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 4399 days ago · 57 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 4.156 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 4400 days ago · 49 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 4.542 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 4405 days ago · 64 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 4.417 km SSW of Iztapa, Guatemala · 4406 days ago · 76 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 4.114 km WNW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 4409 days ago · 76 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 4.551 km SW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4414 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 4.466 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4414 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 4.281 km SW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4414 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 4.31 km SSW of San Antonio Palopó, Guatemala · 4416 days ago · 200 km deep · 89 km away

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