M4.8 earthquake 43 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 43 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala on Thu, Jul 17, 2014, 6:14 AM CST (12:14 UTC), 46 km (29 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 27 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-07-17 12:14:14 UTC
- Depth
- 46.0 km (28.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 14.130° N, 92.303° 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.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 161°
- Stations used
- 50
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.134 km SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4457 days ago · 60 km deep · 85 km away
- 5.15 km WSW of Buenos Aires, Mexico · 4456 days ago · 79 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.320 km W of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4453 days ago · 80 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.354 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4453 days ago · 37 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.414 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4451 days ago · 78 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.177 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4450 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
- 5.427 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4447 days ago · 57 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 17
- 4.018 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4443 days ago · 71 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.2112 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 4441 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.367 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 4439 days ago · 45 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.683 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4434 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.3112 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 4430 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.011 km SSW of Génova, Guatemala · 4422 days ago · 92 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.046 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4421 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.153 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4421 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 9
- 4.166 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4419 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 5.218 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4417 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 21
- 4.326 km SE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4416 days ago · 22 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 4
- 4.257 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 4414 days ago · 47 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.146 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4410 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.488 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4408 days ago · 52 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.374 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4408 days ago · 60 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.167 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4400 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.141 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4400 days ago · 40 km deep · 46 km away
Before
- 3.718 km W of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4459 days ago · 76 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.226 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4459 days ago · 64 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.133 km W of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4462 days ago · 63 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.138 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4463 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.367 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4464 days ago · 56 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.289 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4464 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.324 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4467 days ago · 79 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
- 4.215 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4467 days ago · 78 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.330 km WSW of Buenos Aires, Mexico · 4468 days ago · 69 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.31 km ESE of El Encanto, Mexico · 4469 days ago · 93 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.722 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4469 days ago · 82 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.113 km E of Ocós, Guatemala · 4469 days ago · 56 km deep · 52 km away
- 6.94 km W of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4469 days ago · 53 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 103 · PAGER orange · tsunami flag
- 4.06 km W of Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico · 4469 days ago · 86 km deep · 61 km away
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