M4.0 earthquake 28 km S of Iztapa, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 28 km S of Iztapa, Guatemala on Tue, Dec 8, 2015, 9:13 AM CST (15:13 UTC), 31 km (19 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 8 km NW of La Gomera, Guatemala. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-12-08 15:13:42 UTC
- Depth
- 30.7 km (19.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.674° N, 90.732° W
- Region
- Guatemala
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (II) at Ahuachapan, El Salvador.
From the USGS event page for us20004gf5. 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 3.5 km horizontally, 9.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 185°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1near the coast of Guatemala · 3946 days ago · 36 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.552 km SSW of Pasaco, Guatemala · 3938 days ago · 58 km deep · 37 km away
- 5.08 km NW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 3931 days ago · 81 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 29
- 3.755 km SW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 3910 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.365 km SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3910 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.510 km N of Tacuba, El Salvador · 3897 days ago · 131 km deep · 93 km away
Before
- 4.413 km SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3953 days ago · 67 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.74 km WNW of Masagua, Guatemala · 3953 days ago · 84 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 74
- 4.473 km SW of Acajutla, El Salvador · 3953 days ago · 43 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.17 km NW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 3960 days ago · 94 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.710 km SE of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3966 days ago · 78 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 17
- 4.632 km S of Iztapa, Guatemala · 3982 days ago · 52 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 7
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20004gf5. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:01 AM UTC.