Guatemala earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 16 km SE of Ocós, Guatemala

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 16 km SE of Ocós, Guatemala on Sun, Jun 5, 2016, 10:11 PM CST (04:11 UTC), 67 km (42 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 35 km SE of Champerico, 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
2016-06-06 04:11:03 UTC
Depth
67.3 km (41.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
14.391° N, 92.100° W
Region
Guatemala
Felt reports
3
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

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

Felt at Olintepeque and Pueblo Nuevo.

From the USGS event page for us200062ac. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

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 7.6 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
117°
Stations used
150

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.486 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 3763 days ago · 43 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 4.373 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 3763 days ago · 53 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 4.477 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 3762 days ago · 32 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 5.435 km SE of Champerico, Guatemala · 3761 days ago · 61 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 38
  5. 4.224 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 3752 days ago · 68 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 4.287 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3750 days ago · 45 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 4.537 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 3743 days ago · 23 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 4.542 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 3742 days ago · 17 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 4.345 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 3733 days ago · 24 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 4.046 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3731 days ago · 35 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 4.94 km SSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3728 days ago · 71 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 3
  12. 4.272 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3721 days ago · 45 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  13. 4.425 km SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3717 days ago · 56 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 6
  14. 4.827 km ESE of Champerico, Guatemala · 3716 days ago · 64 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 13
  15. 4.114 km WSW of Tiquisate, Guatemala · 3711 days ago · 56 km deep · 68 km away

Before

  1. 4.317 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3789 days ago · 59 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.319 km S of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3790 days ago · 68 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 5
  3. 4.377 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 3792 days ago · 24 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 4.235 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3792 days ago · 41 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 4.212 km SSE of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3795 days ago · 69 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200062ac. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:52 PM UTC.