M4.3 earthquake Guatemala
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in Guatemala on Fri, Aug 21, 2015, 4:48 AM CST (10:48 UTC), 67 km (42 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 35 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-08-21 10:48:07 UTC
- Depth
- 67.1 km (41.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 14.146° N, 91.159° W
- Region
- Guatemala
- Felt reports
- 5
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt at Antigua Guatemala, Ciudad Vieja, Jocotenango and San Pablo La Laguna.
From the USGS event page for us100033wm. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
5 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.8 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 118°
- Stations used
- 237
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 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.735 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4050 days ago · 46 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.363 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4031 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.259 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4028 days ago · 44 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.267 km SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4028 days ago · 66 km deep · 73 km away
Before
- 4.915 km ESE of La Gomera, Guatemala · 4066 days ago · 80 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 34
- 5.211 km S of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4067 days ago · 58 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 20
- 4.35 km NNW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 4069 days ago · 92 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 2
- 4.159 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4072 days ago · 77 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.77 km ENE of Concepción, Guatemala · 4079 days ago · 205 km deep · 74 km away
- 5.015 km WSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4080 days ago · 63 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 41
- 4.250 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 4086 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100033wm. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:46 AM UTC.