M4.2 earthquake 98 km S of Champerico, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 98 km S of Champerico, Guatemala on Mon, Nov 9, 2015, 5:16 PM CST (23:16 UTC), 40 km (25 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 34 km SW of Ocós, Guatemala. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-11-09 23:16:57 UTC
- Depth
- 40.0 km (24.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.417° N, 92.050° 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.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Normal
- Moment magnitude
- 4.2 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 300°, dip 64°, rake -87°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 114°, dip 26°, rake -95°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.1 km horizontally, 14.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 189°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 60
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.047 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 3973 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.461 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 3973 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.1near the coast of Guatemala · 3944 days ago · 36 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.534 km SW of Ocós, Guatemala · 3941 days ago · 48 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.256 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3941 days ago · 37 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.2135 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 3939 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.1103 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3939 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003xvr. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:24 AM UTC.