M4.3 earthquake 45 km SW of La Gomera, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 45 km SW of La Gomera, Guatemala on Wed, Sep 17, 2014, 3:51 AM CST (09:51 UTC), 57 km (36 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 33 km S of Iztapa, 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
- 2014-09-17 09:51:38 UTC
- Depth
- 57.2 km (35.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.760° N, 91.315° W
- Region
- Guatemala
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt at Santa Catarina Pinula.
From the USGS event page for usb000sdev. 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 3.5 km horizontally, 9.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 166°
- Stations used
- 96
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.67 km NNE of Iztapa, Guatemala · 4392 days ago · 67 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.328 km SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4389 days ago · 47 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.066 km SW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4359 days ago · 41 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.128 km S of Iztapa, Guatemala · 4355 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.567 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4352 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 5.233 km S of Iztapa, Guatemala · 4347 days ago · 67 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 22
- 4.665 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4346 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2near the coast of Guatemala · 4345 days ago · 53 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.982 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4345 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.490 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4344 days ago · 46 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.977 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4343 days ago · 44 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.178 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4343 days ago · 45 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.48 km SSE of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4341 days ago · 88 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.473 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4337 days ago · 45 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.747 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4337 days ago · 22 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.841 km SSE of Iztapa, Guatemala · 4337 days ago · 42 km deep · 81 km away
Before
- 4.156 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 4399 days ago · 49 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.141 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4400 days ago · 40 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.542 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 4403 days ago · 64 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.417 km SSW of Iztapa, Guatemala · 4405 days ago · 76 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.114 km WNW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 4408 days ago · 76 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.488 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4409 days ago · 52 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.551 km SW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4413 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.466 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4413 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.281 km SW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4413 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.326 km SE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4417 days ago · 22 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 4
- 5.218 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4417 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 21
- 4.153 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4421 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 9
- 4.046 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4421 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000sdev. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:39 PM UTC.