M4.1 earthquake 56 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 56 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala on Mon, Sep 15, 2014, 10:09 AM CST (16:09 UTC), 49 km (31 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-09-15 16:09:32 UTC
- Depth
- 49.4 km (30.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.649° N, 91.325° 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 7.5 km horizontally, 8.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 138°
- Stations used
- 47
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.345 km SW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 4397 days ago · 57 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.67 km NNE of Iztapa, Guatemala · 4392 days ago · 67 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.328 km SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4389 days ago · 47 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.066 km SW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4359 days ago · 41 km deep · 25 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 · 78 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 · 4347 days ago · 17 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2near the coast of Guatemala · 4345 days ago · 53 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.982 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4345 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.490 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4344 days ago · 46 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.977 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4343 days ago · 44 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.178 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4343 days ago · 45 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.48 km SSE of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4341 days ago · 88 km deep · 64 km away
Before
- 4.141 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4400 days ago · 40 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.542 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 4403 days ago · 64 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.417 km SSW of Iztapa, Guatemala · 4405 days ago · 76 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.114 km WNW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 4408 days ago · 76 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.488 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4409 days ago · 52 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.551 km SW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4413 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.466 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4413 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.281 km SW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4413 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.326 km SE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4417 days ago · 22 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 4
- 5.218 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4417 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 21
- 4.153 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4421 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 9
- 4.046 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4422 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
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