Guatemala earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 84 km S of Champerico, Guatemala

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 84 km S of Champerico, Guatemala on Sun, Jan 25, 2015, 3:11 AM CST (09:11 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 57 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2015-01-25 09:11:15 UTC
Depth
35.5 km (22.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
13.530° N, 91.871° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 9.0 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
217°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
27

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 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.199 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4267 days ago · 32 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 4.582 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 4265 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 4.9110 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4263 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 4.544 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4257 days ago · 47 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 4.844 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4236 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 5.557 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4235 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
  7. 4.384 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4231 days ago · 38 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 4.331 km SW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4215 days ago · 85 km deep · 97 km away

Before

  1. 4.478 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4270 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
  2. 4.263 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4271 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
  3. 4.265 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4272 days ago · 37 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 4.391 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 4274 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 3.950 km WSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4276 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 4.184 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4285 days ago · 39 km deep · 20 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000tiwm. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:45 PM UTC.