M4.3 earthquake 45 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 45 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala on Wed, Jul 13, 2016, 1:11 AM CST (07:11 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 4 km SSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-07-13 07:11:05 UTC
- Depth
- 24.3 km (15.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 14.134° N, 92.365° 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 7.3 km horizontally, 9.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 162°
- Stations used
- 71
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.046 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3732 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.94 km SSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3729 days ago · 71 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 3
- 4.272 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3722 days ago · 45 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 4.827 km ESE of Champerico, Guatemala · 3717 days ago · 64 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 13
- 4.114 km WSW of Tiquisate, Guatemala · 3712 days ago · 56 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.439 km WSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3696 days ago · 38 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.284 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3685 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
Before
- 4.542 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 3743 days ago · 17 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.537 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 3744 days ago · 23 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.287 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3751 days ago · 45 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.224 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 3753 days ago · 68 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.435 km SE of Champerico, Guatemala · 3762 days ago · 61 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 38
- 4.477 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 3763 days ago · 32 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.373 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 3763 days ago · 53 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.486 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 3764 days ago · 43 km deep · 54 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006376. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:06 PM UTC.