M4.0 earthquake 33 km SW of La Gomera, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 33 km SW of La Gomera, Guatemala on Thu, Apr 23, 2015, 6:08 PM CST (00:08 UTC), 56 km (35 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
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-04-24 00:08:07 UTC
- Depth
- 56.0 km (34.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.893° N, 91.298° W
- Region
- Guatemala
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt at Santa Catarina Pinula.
From the USGS event page for us200028p5. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
1 person 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 5.6 km horizontally, 13.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 202°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 36
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.031 km SW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 4163 days ago · 35 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.753 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 4158 days ago · 31 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 3
- 4.922 km SE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4158 days ago · 54 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 6
- 5.114 km S of Génova, Guatemala · 4155 days ago · 86 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 29
- 4.123 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 4152 days ago · 62 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.343 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4138 days ago · 47 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.116 km SW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4136 days ago · 64 km deep · 42 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200028p5. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:55 PM UTC.