M4.5 earthquake 39 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 39 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala on Mon, Oct 30, 2017, 8:28 AM CST (14:28 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 51 km SSW 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-10-30 14:28:00 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.945° N, 92.008° W
- Region
- Guatemala
- Felt reports
- 15
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
15 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.5 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 177°
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.664 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3255 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.152 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 3254 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 5.29 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3253 days ago · 50 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 46
- 4.581 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 3242 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.352 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 3228 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.562 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 3228 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 4.618 km SSW of Flores Costa Cuca, Guatemala · 3221 days ago · 66 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 5
- 4.083 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3220 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.599 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 3208 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.257 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3199 days ago · 38 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.351 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3198 days ago · 22 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 3
Before
- 4.435 km WSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3258 days ago · 55 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.628 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 3259 days ago · 45 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.62 km NW of Cuyotenango, Guatemala · 3276 days ago · 97 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
- 4.148 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3280 days ago · 18 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000ayit. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:20 AM UTC.