Guatemala earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake Mexico-Guatemala border region

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck in the Mexico-Guatemala border region on Tue, Jul 14, 2015, 8:14 AM CDT (13:14 UTC), 145 km (90 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 4 km NNE of Hidalgo, Mexico. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2015-07-14 13:14:11 UTC
Depth
145.3 km (90.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
15.642° N, 92.600° 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 Tapachula.

From the USGS event page for us20002xdk. 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.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.2 km horizontally, 4.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.03
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
123°
Stations used
449

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.132 km SW of El Arenal, Mexico · 4082 days ago · 89 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 4.03 km S of San José las Chicharras, Mexico · 4071 days ago · 184 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 4.119 km W of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4059 days ago · 81 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 4.07 km WSW of Nueva Palestina, Mexico · 4054 days ago · 167 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 5.44 km NNE of Hidalgo, Mexico · 4049 days ago · 104 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 7

Before

  1. 4.814 km S of Monterrey, Mexico · 4127 days ago · 107 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002xdk. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:13 AM UTC.