M4.4 earthquake 25 km SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 25 km SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala on Fri, Jul 29, 2016, 11:25 PM CST (05:25 UTC), 56 km (35 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 27 km ESE 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
- 4.4 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-07-30 05:25:46 UTC
- Depth
- 56.2 km (34.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 14.013° N, 91.430° W
- Region
- Guatemala
- Felt reports
- 6
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (IV) at Antigua Guatemala. Also felt at Ciudad Vieja, Jocotenango and San Pablo La Laguna. Felt (I) at Ahuachapan, El Salvador.
From the USGS event page for us100068pd. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
6 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Normal
- Moment magnitude
- 4.4 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 311°, dip 29°, rake -104°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 147°, dip 62°, rake -82°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 8.1 km horizontally, 10.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 141°
- Stations used
- 102
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.827 km ESE of Champerico, Guatemala · 3717 days ago · 64 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 13
- 4.114 km WSW of Tiquisate, Guatemala · 3712 days ago · 56 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.36 km SW of Iztapa, Guatemala · 3708 days ago · 77 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
- 4.253 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 3704 days ago · 56 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.439 km WSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3696 days ago · 38 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.531 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 3690 days ago · 37 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.145 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 3681 days ago · 45 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.592 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3676 days ago · 27 km deep · 69 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100068pd. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:40 AM UTC.