M4.3 earthquake 12 km S of Villa Canales, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 12 km S of Villa Canales, Guatemala on Tue, Jun 14, 2016, 5:36 AM CST (11:36 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
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
- 2016-06-14 11:36:48 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 14.373° N, 90.529° 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 (III) at Santa Catarina Pinula. Felt (I) at Ahuachapan, El Salvador.
From the USGS event page for us200064az. 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 II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 8.2 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 144°
- Stations used
- 90
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.010 km NNW of Iztapa, Guatemala · 3761 days ago · 67 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.251 km SW of San Francisco Menéndez, El Salvador · 3741 days ago · 47 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.36 km SW of Iztapa, Guatemala · 3708 days ago · 77 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
Before
- 4.045 km SW of San Francisco Menéndez, El Salvador · 3783 days ago · 73 km deep · 92 km away
- 5.037 km SE of Iztapa, Guatemala · 3785 days ago · 76 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 7
- 4.317 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3789 days ago · 59 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 4.319 km S of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3790 days ago · 68 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 5
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200064az. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:57 PM UTC.