M4.2 earthquake 8 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 8 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala on Fri, Jul 10, 2015, 2:29 PM CST (20:29 UTC), 63 km (39 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 11 km S of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-07-10 20:29:47 UTC
- Depth
- 62.9 km (39.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 14.007° N, 91.080° 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 Guatemala City.
From the USGS event page for us20002x01. 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 III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 8.3 km horizontally, 10.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 172°
- Stations used
- 50
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.010 km SSE of Iztapa, Guatemala · 4100 days ago · 66 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.659 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 4094 days ago · 49 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 4.338 km SW of San Francisco Menéndez, El Salvador · 4092 days ago · 65 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.250 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 4086 days ago · 14 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.062 km S of Iztapa, Guatemala · 4085 days ago · 45 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.015 km WSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4080 days ago · 63 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 41
- 4.77 km ENE of Concepción, Guatemala · 4079 days ago · 205 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.159 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4072 days ago · 77 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.35 km NNW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 4069 days ago · 92 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 2
- 5.211 km S of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4067 days ago · 58 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 20
- 4.915 km ESE of La Gomera, Guatemala · 4066 days ago · 80 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 34
- 4.3Guatemala · 4060 days ago · 67 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 5
- 4.735 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4050 days ago · 46 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.253 km SSE of Iztapa, Guatemala · 4044 days ago · 34 km deep · 83 km away
Before
- 4.28 km ENE of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4105 days ago · 65 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 4
- 4.38 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 4108 days ago · 60 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
- 4.114 km S of Patulul, Guatemala · 4112 days ago · 59 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.118 km W of Tiquisate, Guatemala · 4114 days ago · 58 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.76 km S of Pasaco, Guatemala · 4115 days ago · 108 km deep · 94 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002x01. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:55 AM UTC.