M4.5 earthquake 62 km S of Champerico, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 62 km S of Champerico, Guatemala on Tue, Nov 28, 2017, 5:34 PM CST (23:34 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), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-28 23:34:21 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.735° N, 91.805° W
- Region
- Guatemala
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was I, not felt shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.8 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 187°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 82
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.618 km SSW of Flores Costa Cuca, Guatemala · 3219 days ago · 66 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 5
- 4.083 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3219 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.599 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 3207 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.257 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3198 days ago · 38 km deep · 61 km away
- 5.351 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3197 days ago · 22 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 3
- 4.189 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 3196 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.239 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 3196 days ago · 38 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 4.568 km SW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 3187 days ago · 49 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.213 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3174 days ago · 67 km deep · 53 km away
Before
- 4.352 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 3227 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.581 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 3241 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.29 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3251 days ago · 50 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 46
- 4.152 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 3253 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.664 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3253 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.539 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3257 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 15
- 4.435 km WSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3257 days ago · 55 km deep · 64 km away
Earthquakes todayGuatemala earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000bvpw. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:10 AM UTC.