M4.2 earthquake 53 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 53 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala on Thu, Aug 11, 2016, 4:02 PM CST (22:02 UTC), 56 km (35 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 31 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-08-11 22:02:29 UTC
- Depth
- 55.9 km (34.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.629° N, 91.236° 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 7.5 km horizontally, 9.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 181°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 88
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.531 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 3690 days ago · 37 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.145 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 3681 days ago · 45 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.592 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3676 days ago · 27 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.053 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 3650 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.023 km WSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 3646 days ago · 65 km deep · 34 km away
Before
- 4.36 km SW of Iztapa, Guatemala · 3708 days ago · 77 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
- 4.114 km WSW of Tiquisate, Guatemala · 3712 days ago · 56 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.827 km ESE of Champerico, Guatemala · 3717 days ago · 64 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 13
- 4.425 km SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3717 days ago · 56 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 6
- 4.272 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3722 days ago · 45 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
- 4.268 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 3728 days ago · 49 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.160 km SSE of Iztapa, Guatemala · 3732 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006d4f. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:57 AM UTC.