Guatemala earthquakes

M5.4 earthquake 35 km SE of Champerico, Guatemala

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck 35 km SE of Champerico, Guatemala on Wed, Jun 15, 2016, 7:46 AM CST (13:46 UTC), 61 km (38 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.4 (Mww, W-phase moment), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Wed, Jun 15, 2016, 7:46 AM CST
UTC: 2016-06-15 13:46:55 UTC
Depth: 61.0 km (37.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 14.112° N, 91.646° W
Region: Guatemala
Felt reports: 38
Strongest shaking: IV, light shaking
PAGER alert: Green
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
5.4	Mww, W-phase moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed
5.42	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.1
5.4	Mwb, body-wave moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Moment tensor · Reviewed

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt (IV) at Guatemala City and (III) at Antigua Guatemala, Panajachel and Santa Catarina Pinula. Also felt at Champerico, Ciudad Vieja, Coban, Fraijanes, Jocotenango, Mixco, Olintepeque, Retalhuleu, Salcaja, San Juan Sacatepequez, San Pedro Carcha and Santa Cruz La Laguna. Felt (I) at Ahuachapan, El Salvador. Felt at Zanatepec, Mexico.

From the USGS event page for us200064ir. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated: IV, light shaking
Map: Automatic

USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter — Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

38 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.

Estimated impact

The USGS PAGER system estimates deaths and economic losses from the shaking and the population and buildings exposed to it.

Alert level: Green: little or no damage or loss of life expected

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Normal
Moment magnitude: 5.4 Mww
Nodal plane 1: Strike 314°, dip 64°, rake -80°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 112°, dip 27°, rake -109°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 6.5 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Depth from: From modeling of broad-band P waveforms
Station coverage gap: 78°
Stations used: 363

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.4 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200064ir (also filed as gcmt20160615134656, iscgem609040907). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:43 PM UTC.