M4.2 earthquake 62 km SW of Ocós, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 62 km SW of Ocós, Guatemala on Mon, Aug 17, 2015, 12:38 AM CDT (05:38 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 35 km SSE of Champerico, 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
- 2015-08-17 05:38:31 UTC
- Depth
- 10.3 km (6.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 14.086° N, 92.570° 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 5.7 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 188°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 69
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.013 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4062 days ago · 77 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 3.9near the coast of Chiapas, Mexico · 4059 days ago · 83 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.119 km W of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4058 days ago · 81 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.480 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4056 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.130 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4053 days ago · 57 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.735 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4050 days ago · 46 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.643 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 4047 days ago · 57 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.277 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4047 days ago · 42 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.173 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4047 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.590 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4035 days ago · 23 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.092 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4032 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.2105 km WSW of Aquiles Serdán, Mexico · 4032 days ago · 36 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.363 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4031 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.577 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4031 days ago · 46 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.373 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 4031 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.373 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4030 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.385 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.3127 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4027 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.610 km NW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4024 days ago · 74 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 3
- 3.9near the coast of Chiapas, Mexico · 4022 days ago · 86 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.675 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4017 days ago · 47 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 4.361 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 4016 days ago · 34 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.262 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4008 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.240 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4005 days ago · 52 km deep · 54 km away
Before
- 4.143 km SW of Ocós, Guatemala · 4066 days ago · 46 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.225 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4083 days ago · 58 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.340 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4087 days ago · 49 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.011 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4089 days ago · 82 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 4.238 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4093 days ago · 52 km deep · 47 km away
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