M4.1 earthquake 23 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 23 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala on Wed, May 20, 2015, 11:14 PM CST (05:14 UTC), 62 km (38 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 59 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-05-21 05:14:41 UTC
- Depth
- 61.9 km (38.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.906° N, 91.173° 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, 5.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 148°
- Stations used
- 86
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.116 km SW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4136 days ago · 64 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.118 km W of Tiquisate, Guatemala · 4114 days ago · 58 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.114 km S of Patulul, Guatemala · 4112 days ago · 59 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.38 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4108 days ago · 60 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
- 4.28 km ENE of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4105 days ago · 65 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 4
- 4.28 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 4101 days ago · 63 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
- 4.010 km SSE of Iztapa, Guatemala · 4100 days ago · 66 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.659 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4094 days ago · 49 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 5.114 km S of Génova, Guatemala · 4154 days ago · 86 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 29
- 4.922 km SE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4157 days ago · 54 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 6
- 4.753 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 4158 days ago · 31 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 3
- 4.031 km SW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 4162 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.033 km SW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 4179 days ago · 56 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10002b1w. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:26 AM UTC.