M4.5 earthquake 67 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 67 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala on Thu, Aug 10, 2017, 7:07 PM CST (01:07 UTC), 28 km (17 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 32 km SSE 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
- 2017-08-11 01:07:17 UTC
- Depth
- 27.5 km (17.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.949° N, 92.440° 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 6.8 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 153°
- Stations used
- 106
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.332 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 3327 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 9
- 5.3near the coast of Chiapas, Mexico · 3326 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.395 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3326 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.994 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3325 days ago · 34 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.584 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3325 days ago · 38 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.387 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3323 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.2115 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3323 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.710 km N of Champerico, Guatemala · 3321 days ago · 76 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 8
- 4.347 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3317 days ago · 41 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.659 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 3306 days ago · 50 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.137 km SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3303 days ago · 54 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.281 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3303 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.775 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3303 days ago · 53 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.278 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3303 days ago · 49 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.463 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3278 days ago · 40 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
Before
- 4.313 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3338 days ago · 71 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3
- 4.1near the coast of Chiapas, Mexico · 3339 days ago · 41 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 4.438 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 3340 days ago · 47 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.935 km WSW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 3342 days ago · 43 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.272 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3353 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000a763. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 11:14 PM UTC.