Guatemala earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 10 km NNW of Iztapa, Guatemala

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 10 km NNW of Iztapa, Guatemala on Wed, Jun 15, 2016, 9:31 AM CST (15:31 UTC), 67 km (41 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 10 km N of Tacuba, El Salvador. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-06-15 15:31:39 UTC
Depth
66.6 km (41.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
14.025° N, 90.745° W
Region
Guatemala
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

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

Felt (II) at Ahuachapan, El Salvador.

From the USGS event page for us200064ja. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.1 km horizontally, 9.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
129°
Stations used
36

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 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.251 km SW of San Francisco Menéndez, El Salvador · 3743 days ago · 47 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 4.255 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 3738 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 4.160 km SSE of Iztapa, Guatemala · 3733 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 4.268 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 3729 days ago · 49 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 4.425 km SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3718 days ago · 56 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 6
  6. 4.114 km WSW of Tiquisate, Guatemala · 3713 days ago · 56 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 4.36 km SW of Iztapa, Guatemala · 3710 days ago · 77 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 2
  8. 4.253 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 3706 days ago · 56 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 4.810 km N of Tacuba, El Salvador · 3703 days ago · 139 km deep · 89 km away

Before

  1. 5.435 km SE of Champerico, Guatemala · 3763 days ago · 61 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 38
  2. 4.312 km S of Villa Canales, Guatemala · 3764 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 3
  3. 5.245 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 3770 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 6
  4. 4.045 km SW of San Francisco Menéndez, El Salvador · 3785 days ago · 73 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 5.037 km SE of Iztapa, Guatemala · 3787 days ago · 76 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 7
  6. 4.317 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3791 days ago · 59 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  7. 4.319 km S of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3791 days ago · 68 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 5

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200064ja. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:06 AM UTC.