Guatemala earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 49 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 49 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala on Thu, Mar 24, 2016, 12:11 AM CST (06:11 UTC), 40 km (25 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 37 km SE of Iztapa, Guatemala. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-03-24 06:11:23 UTC
Depth
40.1 km (24.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
13.698° 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 us20005dea. 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 7.3 km horizontally, 5.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
168°
Stations used
45

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.517 km SSW of San Lorenzo, Guatemala · 3837 days ago · 75 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 5
  2. 4.461 km SW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 3827 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
  3. 4.278 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3822 days ago · 37 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 4.526 km S of Iztapa, Guatemala · 3818 days ago · 46 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 5
  5. 4.766 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 3805 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.563 km SW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 3805 days ago · 27 km deep · 15 km away
  7. 4.753 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 3804 days ago · 35 km deep · 4 km away
  8. 4.77 km SSE of Patulul, Guatemala · 3799 days ago · 114 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 4.352 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 3796 days ago · 38 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 4.968 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 3791 days ago · 51 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 4.319 km S of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3790 days ago · 68 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 5
  12. 4.317 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3789 days ago · 59 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  13. 5.037 km SE of Iztapa, Guatemala · 3785 days ago · 76 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 7

Before

  1. 4.467 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3848 days ago · 49 km deep · 29 km away
  2. 4.273 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3848 days ago · 51 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 4.163 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 3850 days ago · 44 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 4.221 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3852 days ago · 59 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.553 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 3861 days ago · 34 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 4.264 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 3869 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005dea. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:31 PM UTC.