M5.0 earthquake 14 km E of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 14 km E of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala on Fri, Jun 13, 2014, 6:26 AM CST (12:26 UTC), 78 km (48 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0 (Mwr, regional moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-06-13 12:26:32 UTC
- Depth
- 77.8 km (48.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 14.199° N, 91.168° W
- Region
- Guatemala
- Felt reports
- 16
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | Mwr, regional moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.066 · 22 stations |
| 5.06 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
Did you feel it?
16 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was VI, strong shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Oblique reverse
- Moment magnitude
- 5.0 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 268°, dip 18°, rake 49°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 131°, dip 76°, rake 102°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 64°
- Stations used
- 209
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.324 km S of Iztapa, Guatemala · 4492 days ago · 29 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.75 km NNW of San Lucas Tolimán, Guatemala · 4485 days ago · 166 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.367 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4465 days ago · 56 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.134 km SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4458 days ago · 60 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.047 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4448 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
Before
- 4.562 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 4494 days ago · 39 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.868 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 4498 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.169 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4499 days ago · 34 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.442 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 4508 days ago · 61 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.048 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4512 days ago · 42 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 13
- 4.352 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4519 days ago · 45 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.133 km SSE of Iztapa, Guatemala · 4522 days ago · 67 km deep · 88 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000rf0w (also filed as iscgem604725279). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:46 PM UTC.