M4.7 earthquake 7 km SSE of Patulul, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 7 km SSE of Patulul, Guatemala on Sun, May 8, 2016, 1:52 AM CST (07:52 UTC), 114 km (71 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-05-08 07:52:41 UTC
- Depth
- 114.2 km (70.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 14.362° N, 91.138° 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 7.1 km horizontally, 5.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 110°
- Stations used
- 144
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.319 km S of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3790 days ago · 68 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 5
- 4.317 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3789 days ago · 59 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 5.245 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 3768 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 6
- 4.312 km S of Villa Canales, Guatemala · 3762 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 3
- 5.435 km SE of Champerico, Guatemala · 3761 days ago · 61 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 38
- 4.010 km NNW of Iztapa, Guatemala · 3761 days ago · 67 km deep · 56 km away
Before
- 4.753 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 3804 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.35 km WNW of Fraijanes, Guatemala · 3805 days ago · 49 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.563 km SW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 3805 days ago · 27 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.766 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 3805 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 4.526 km S of Iztapa, Guatemala · 3818 days ago · 46 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 5
- 4.461 km SW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 3827 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10005fu3. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:50 PM UTC.