M4.8 earthquake 5 km W of San Bartolo, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 5 km W of San Bartolo, Guatemala on Sat, May 2, 2015, 5:59 AM CST (11:59 UTC), 176 km (110 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 14 km S of Génova, Guatemala. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-05-02 11:59:16 UTC
- Depth
- 176.3 km (109.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 15.090° N, 91.511° 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 8.3 km horizontally, 4.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 92°
- Stations used
- 263
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.74 km SW of Cuilco, Guatemala · 4169 days ago · 178 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
- 5.114 km S of Génova, Guatemala · 4155 days ago · 86 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 29
- 4.118 km W of Tiquisate, Guatemala · 4114 days ago · 58 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.114 km S of Patulul, Guatemala · 4112 days ago · 59 km deep · 96 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002aur. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:04 PM UTC.