M4.1 earthquake 48 km SSE of Iztapa, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 48 km SSE of Iztapa, Guatemala on Sat, Oct 7, 2017, 3:24 PM CST (21:24 UTC), 58 km (36 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 62 km SSW of Acajutla, El Salvador. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-10-07 21:24:08 UTC
- Depth
- 57.5 km (35.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.533° N, 90.535° 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 6.4 km horizontally, 13.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 183°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.239 km WSW of Acajutla, El Salvador · 3272 days ago · 49 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.031 km S of Iztapa, Guatemala · 3259 days ago · 61 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.080 km SSE of Iztapa, Guatemala · 3254 days ago · 46 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.152 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 3253 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.36 km WSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 3236 days ago · 79 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
- 4.762 km SSW of Acajutla, El Salvador · 3229 days ago · 47 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.048 km S of Acajutla, El Salvador · 3224 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
Before
- 4.444 km SE of Iztapa, Guatemala · 3301 days ago · 52 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 27
- 4.340 km SSE of Acajutla, El Salvador · 3301 days ago · 55 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
- 4.360 km SSW of Acajutla, El Salvador · 3305 days ago · 56 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.380 km SW of Acajutla, El Salvador · 3307 days ago · 35 km deep · 55 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000b2ly. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:50 AM UTC.