M4.2 earthquake 135 km S of Champerico, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 135 km S of Champerico, Guatemala on Sat, Dec 19, 2015, 7:47 PM CST (01:47 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 54 km SSW of La Gomera, 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 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-12-20 01:47:14 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.072° N, 91.960° 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 10.3 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 248°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1103 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3940 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.365 km SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3908 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.491 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3903 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
- 4.554 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 3884 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.147 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 3883 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000491u. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:29 PM UTC.