M4.1 earthquake 43 km SW of Ocós, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 43 km SW of Ocós, Guatemala on Sat, Aug 15, 2015, 4:46 PM CDT (21:46 UTC), 46 km (29 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-08-15 21:46:36 UTC
- Depth
- 46.3 km (28.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 14.202° N, 92.439° 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 6.8 km horizontally, 10.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 188°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 41
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.262 km SW of Ocós, Guatemala · 4065 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.013 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4063 days ago · 77 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 3.9near the coast of Chiapas, Mexico · 4059 days ago · 83 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.119 km W of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4059 days ago · 81 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.480 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4056 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.130 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4053 days ago · 57 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.735 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4051 days ago · 46 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.643 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 4048 days ago · 57 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.277 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4047 days ago · 42 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.173 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4047 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.590 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4035 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.092 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4033 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.363 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4032 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.577 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4031 days ago · 46 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.373 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 4031 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.373 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4030 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.259 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 4029 days ago · 44 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.385 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4029 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.610 km NW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4024 days ago · 74 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 3
- 3.9near the coast of Chiapas, Mexico · 4023 days ago · 86 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.675 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4018 days ago · 47 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 4.361 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 4016 days ago · 34 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.262 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4009 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
Before
- 4.132 km SW of El Arenal, Mexico · 4082 days ago · 89 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.225 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4084 days ago · 58 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.340 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4088 days ago · 49 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.011 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 4090 days ago · 82 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 4.238 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 4094 days ago · 52 km deep · 38 km away
- 5.195 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 4096 days ago · 24 km deep · 94 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003fbs. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:07 AM UTC.