Guatemala earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake 53 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 53 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala on Tue, May 3, 2016, 1:46 AM CST (07:46 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 35 km SE of Champerico, Guatemala. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-05-03 07:46:54 UTC
Depth
35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
13.661° N, 91.293° 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 us10005d9n. 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 7.0 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
85°
Stations used
121

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.77 km SSE of Patulul, Guatemala · 3800 days ago · 114 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 4.352 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 3796 days ago · 38 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 4.968 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 3792 days ago · 51 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 4.319 km S of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3790 days ago · 68 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 5
  5. 4.317 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3789 days ago · 59 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  6. 5.037 km SE of Iztapa, Guatemala · 3786 days ago · 76 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 7
  7. 5.245 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 3769 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 6
  8. 4.287 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 3766 days ago · 19 km deep · 34 km away
  9. 5.435 km SE of Champerico, Guatemala · 3762 days ago · 61 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 38
  10. 4.010 km NNW of Iztapa, Guatemala · 3761 days ago · 67 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 4.1100 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 3747 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away

Before

  1. 4.563 km SW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 3805 days ago · 27 km deep · 13 km away
  2. 4.766 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 3805 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.526 km S of Iztapa, Guatemala · 3818 days ago · 46 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 5
  4. 4.278 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3822 days ago · 37 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 4.461 km SW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 3827 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10005d9n. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:42 AM UTC.