M4.3 earthquake 7 km ESE of Comapa, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 7 km ESE of Comapa, Guatemala on Thu, Jul 16, 2015, 3:53 AM CST (09:53 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-07-16 09:53:09 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 14.076° N, 89.858° W
- Region
- Guatemala
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (III) at Ahuachapan, El Salvador.
From the USGS event page for us20002xvw. 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 5.7 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 122°
- Stations used
- 58
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.233 km SW of Acajutla, El Salvador · 4096 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.338 km SW of San Francisco Menéndez, El Salvador · 4092 days ago · 65 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.932 km SSE of Acajutla, El Salvador · 4064 days ago · 42 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.253 km SSE of Iztapa, Guatemala · 4045 days ago · 34 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 4.010 km SSE of Iztapa, Guatemala · 4101 days ago · 66 km deep · 92 km away
- 5.655 km SW of Acajutla, El Salvador · 4103 days ago · 46 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 7
- 4.76 km S of Pasaco, Guatemala · 4115 days ago · 108 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.837 km S of Acajutla, El Salvador · 4121 days ago · 73 km deep · 92 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002xvw. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:28 PM UTC.