M4.0 earthquake 46 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 46 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala on Fri, Jul 15, 2016, 11:17 AM CST (17:17 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 4 km SSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-07-15 17:17:39 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.923° N, 92.116° 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 6.7 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 176°
- Stations used
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.94 km SSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3728 days ago · 71 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
- 4.272 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3721 days ago · 45 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 4.425 km SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3717 days ago · 56 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 6
- 4.827 km ESE of Champerico, Guatemala · 3716 days ago · 64 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 13
- 4.114 km WSW of Tiquisate, Guatemala · 3711 days ago · 56 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.439 km WSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3695 days ago · 38 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.592 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3676 days ago · 27 km deep · 71 km away
Before
- 4.345 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 3733 days ago · 24 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.542 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 3742 days ago · 17 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.537 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 3743 days ago · 23 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.287 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3750 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.224 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 3752 days ago · 68 km deep · 47 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20006g63. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:52 PM UTC.