Guatemala earthquakes

M5.1 earthquake 95 km S of Champerico, Guatemala

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 95 km S of Champerico, Guatemala on Fri, Jul 17, 2015, 5:01 AM CST (11:01 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.1 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Fri, Jul 17, 2015, 5:01 AM CST
UTC: 2015-07-17 11:01:12 UTC
Depth: 23.7 km (14.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 13.444° N, 92.053° W
Region: Guatemala
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
5.1	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.025 · 506 stations
5.13	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.1

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 5.6 km horizontally, 3.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.03
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 60°
Stations used: 535

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002y46 (also filed as iscgem607487493). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:14 AM UTC.