M4.4 earthquake 37 km SSW of Pasaco, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 37 km SSW of Pasaco, Guatemala on Tue, Dec 23, 2014, 6:22 AM CST (12:22 UTC), 69 km (43 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 3 km WNW of Jerez, Guatemala. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-12-23 12:22:53 UTC
- Depth
- 69.0 km (42.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.666° N, 90.337° W
- Region
- Guatemala
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (II) at San Salvador, El Salvador.
From the USGS event page for usc000t9d3. 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 5.2 km horizontally, 9.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 133°
- Stations used
- 52
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.28 km S of Iztapa, Guatemala · 4302 days ago · 84 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.039 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4301 days ago · 47 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.451 km SW of Acajutla, El Salvador · 4284 days ago · 24 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.243 km SW of Acajutla, El Salvador · 4281 days ago · 64 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.435 km SSW of Acajutla, El Salvador · 4262 days ago · 32 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.63 km WNW of Jerez, Guatemala · 4261 days ago · 179 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.539 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4253 days ago · 59 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 4.094 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4252 days ago · 46 km deep · 94 km away
Before
- 4.215 km WSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4307 days ago · 86 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
- 4.152 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4320 days ago · 47 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.853 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4321 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 9
- 3.7102 km SW of Acajutla, El Salvador · 4326 days ago · 43 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.328 km W of Acajutla, El Salvador · 4332 days ago · 88 km deep · 30 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000t9d3. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:54 AM UTC.