Guatemala earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 21 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 21 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala on Wed, Mar 16, 2016, 5:30 AM CST (11:30 UTC), 59 km (36 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 66 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Wed, Mar 16, 2016, 5:30 AM CST
UTC: 2016-03-16 11:30:46 UTC
Depth: 58.7 km (36.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 14.011° N, 91.358° W
Region: Guatemala
Felt reports: 1
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt at Antigua Guatemala.

From the USGS event page for us20005asl. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 8.2 km horizontally, 8.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.14
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 194°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 42

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005asl. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:33 AM UTC.