M4.5 earthquake 26 km S of Iztapa, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 26 km S of Iztapa, Guatemala on Tue, Apr 19, 2016, 1:21 PM CST (19:21 UTC), 46 km (28 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 45 km S of Puerto San José, 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 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-04-19 19:21:21 UTC
- Depth
- 45.5 km (28.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.695° N, 90.715° W
- Region
- Guatemala
- Felt reports
- 5
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt at Guatemala City, San Jose Poaquil and Santa Catarina Pinula. Felt (III) at Ahuachapan, El Salvador.
From the USGS event page for us20005jw6. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
5 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Moment magnitude
- 4.5 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 45°, dip 6°, rake -160°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 295°, dip 88°, rake -85°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.9 km horizontally, 6.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 98°
- Stations used
- 196
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.326 km SSW of San Francisco Menéndez, El Salvador · 3815 days ago · 87 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.347 km SSW of Acajutla, El Salvador · 3806 days ago · 40 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.766 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 3805 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 4.563 km SW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 3805 days ago · 27 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.35 km WNW of Fraijanes, Guatemala · 3805 days ago · 49 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.753 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 3804 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.77 km SSE of Patulul, Guatemala · 3799 days ago · 114 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.352 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 3796 days ago · 38 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.968 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 3791 days ago · 51 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.319 km S of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3790 days ago · 68 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 5
- 4.317 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3789 days ago · 59 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 5.037 km SE of Iztapa, Guatemala · 3785 days ago · 76 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 7
- 4.045 km SW of San Francisco Menéndez, El Salvador · 3783 days ago · 73 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.3108 km SW of Acajutla, El Salvador · 3769 days ago · 51 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.245 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 3768 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 6
- 4.287 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 3766 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.312 km S of Villa Canales, Guatemala · 3762 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3
- 4.010 km NNW of Iztapa, Guatemala · 3761 days ago · 67 km deep · 37 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005jw6. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:57 PM UTC.