M4.4 earthquake 91 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 91 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala on Mon, Jan 25, 2016, 1:49 PM CST (19:49 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 54 km SSW 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-01-25 19:49:26 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.524° N, 92.209° W
- Region
- Guatemala
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt at Champerico and San Lucas Sacatepequez.
From the USGS event page for us10004h5k. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.1 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 202°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 86
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.338 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3891 days ago · 60 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.554 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 3884 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.147 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 3884 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.442 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 3878 days ago · 57 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.256 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 3867 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.449 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 3865 days ago · 52 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 4.553 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 3862 days ago · 34 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.273 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3849 days ago · 51 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.467 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3848 days ago · 49 km deep · 72 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004h5k. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:27 AM UTC.