Guatemala earthquakes

M5.2 earthquake 9 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 9 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala on Sat, Nov 4, 2017, 12:12 PM CST (18:12 UTC), 50 km (31 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 51 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.2 (mww), moderate
Local time: Sat, Nov 4, 2017, 12:12 PM CST
UTC: 2017-11-04 18:12:27 UTC
Depth: 50.0 km (31.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 14.230° N, 91.973° W
Region: Guatemala
Felt reports: 46
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

46 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was VI, strong shaking.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Normal
Moment magnitude: 5.2 Mww
Nodal plane 1: Strike 129°, dip 27°, rake -98°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 319°, dip 63°, rake -86°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 6.1 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.07
Depth from: From modeling of broad-band P waveforms
Station coverage gap: 66°
Stations used: 270

Nearest places

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000biid (also filed as iscgem611447728). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:38 AM UTC.