M4.1 earthquake 52 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 52 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala on Fri, Nov 3, 2017, 5:23 AM CST (11:23 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
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-03 11:23:12 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.647° N, 91.251° 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 5.8 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 185°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 46
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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.581 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 3242 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.36 km WSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 3237 days ago · 79 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
- 4.352 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 3228 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.562 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 3228 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 4.599 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 3207 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.351 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3197 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
- 4.189 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 3197 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
Before
- 4.664 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3254 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.080 km SSE of Iztapa, Guatemala · 3255 days ago · 46 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.539 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3257 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 15
- 4.031 km S of Iztapa, Guatemala · 3259 days ago · 61 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.148 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3280 days ago · 18 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
- 4.148 km SSE of Iztapa, Guatemala · 3280 days ago · 58 km deep · 78 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000bhnu. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:56 PM UTC.