M4.2 earthquake 87 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 87 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala on Fri, Jun 10, 2016, 1:27 PM CST (19:27 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 35 km SE of Champerico, 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
- 2016-06-10 19:27:09 UTC
- Depth
- 19.0 km (11.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.370° N, 91.396° 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 6.0 km horizontally, 3.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 185°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 43
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.435 km SE of Champerico, Guatemala · 3763 days ago · 61 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 38
- 4.1100 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 3749 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.255 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 3738 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.160 km SSE of Iztapa, Guatemala · 3733 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.046 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3733 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.268 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 3729 days ago · 49 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.272 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3723 days ago · 45 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 4.425 km SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3718 days ago · 56 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 6
- 4.827 km ESE of Champerico, Guatemala · 3718 days ago · 64 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 13
- 4.114 km WSW of Tiquisate, Guatemala · 3713 days ago · 56 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.36 km SW of Iztapa, Guatemala · 3710 days ago · 77 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
Before
- 4.498 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3770 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.245 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 3770 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 6
- 4.317 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3791 days ago · 59 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 4.319 km S of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3792 days ago · 68 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 5
- 4.968 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 3793 days ago · 51 km deep · 47 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200064sl. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:37 PM UTC.