M4.7 earthquake 4 km SW of Cuilco, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 4 km SW of Cuilco, Guatemala on Mon, May 4, 2015, 3:20 AM CDT (08:20 UTC), 178 km (110 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 14 km S of Génova, 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
- 2015-05-04 08:20:36 UTC
- Depth
- 177.5 km (110.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.376° N, 91.974° W
- Region
- Guatemala
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt at Casillas. Also felt at Antiguo Cuscatlan, El Salvador.
From the USGS event page for us20002b4s. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.9 km horizontally, 4.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 92°
- Stations used
- 288
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.37 km NW of Nueva América, Mexico · 4168 days ago · 223 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
- 4.41 km S of Nueva Palestina, Mexico · 4164 days ago · 181 km deep · 95 km away
- 5.114 km S of Génova, Guatemala · 4155 days ago · 86 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 29
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002b4s. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:29 AM UTC.