M4.5 earthquake 52 km SSW of Pasaco, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 52 km SSW of Pasaco, Guatemala on Wed, Dec 23, 2015, 5:15 AM CST (11:15 UTC), 58 km (36 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 8 km NW of La Gomera, Guatemala. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-12-23 11:15:06 UTC
- Depth
- 57.5 km (35.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.550° N, 90.409° W
- Region
- Guatemala
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (II) at Ahuachapan, El Salvador.
From the USGS event page for us10004gdq. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
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 7.0 km horizontally, 8.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 119°
- Stations used
- 47
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.08 km NW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 3932 days ago · 81 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 29
- 4.018 km ESE of Acajutla, El Salvador · 3914 days ago · 53 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.755 km SW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 3911 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.823 km WSW of La Libertad, El Salvador · 3899 days ago · 91 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.510 km N of Tacuba, El Salvador · 3898 days ago · 131 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.631 km WSW of La Libertad, El Salvador · 3894 days ago · 69 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.554 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 3886 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.64 km S of Santa Rosa de Lima, Guatemala · 3886 days ago · 167 km deep · 89 km away
Before
- 4.5105 km SSW of Acajutla, El Salvador · 3945 days ago · 42 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 4.028 km S of Iztapa, Guatemala · 3953 days ago · 31 km deep · 37 km away
- 5.74 km WNW of Masagua, Guatemala · 3954 days ago · 84 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 74
- 4.473 km SW of Acajutla, El Salvador · 3954 days ago · 43 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.17 km NW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 3961 days ago · 94 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.44 km WNW of El Adelanto, Guatemala · 3968 days ago · 169 km deep · 93 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004gdq. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:43 PM UTC.