M4.5 earthquake 99 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 99 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala on Tue, Dec 19, 2017, 8:13 AM CST (14:13 UTC), 10 km (6 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
- 2017-12-19 14:13:35 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.305° N, 91.517° 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 4.8 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 143°
- Stations used
- 52
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.351 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3199 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 3
- 4.189 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 3198 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.568 km SW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 3189 days ago · 49 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.39 km SE of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3155 days ago · 83 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 6
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000bt2g. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:53 PM UTC.