M4.7 earthquake 7 km ENE of Concepción, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 7 km ENE of Concepción, Guatemala on Sat, Aug 1, 2015, 5:35 PM CST (23:35 UTC), 205 km (128 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 11 km S of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-08-01 23:35:06 UTC
- Depth
- 205.5 km (127.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 14.805° N, 91.080° 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 7.1 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 77°
- Stations used
- 197
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.35 km NNW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 4069 days ago · 92 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
- 5.211 km S of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4068 days ago · 58 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 20
- 4.915 km ESE of La Gomera, Guatemala · 4066 days ago · 80 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 34
- 4.3Guatemala · 4060 days ago · 67 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 5
- 4.31 km NE of Concepción Tutuapa, Guatemala · 4029 days ago · 177 km deep · 95 km away
Before
- 5.015 km WSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4081 days ago · 63 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 41
- 4.28 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 4102 days ago · 63 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 4.28 km ENE of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4105 days ago · 65 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 4
- 4.38 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4108 days ago · 60 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10002x7u. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:50 AM UTC.