M6.9 earthquake 2 km SSW of San Pablo, Guatemala
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck 2 km SSW of San Pablo, Guatemala on Wed, Jun 14, 2017, 1:29 AM CST (07:29 UTC), 93 km (58 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.9 (mww), strong
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-06-14 07:29:04 UTC
- Depth
- 93.0 km (57.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 14.909° N, 92.009° W
- Region
- Guatemala
- Felt reports
- 584
- Strongest shaking
- VI, strong shaking
- PAGER alert
- Yellow
- Tsunami flag
- Yes: a large quake in an oceanic region
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Deaths and damage
From NOAA NCEI’s Significant Earthquake Database (record 10253), matched to this event by time and place.
- Deaths
- 5
- Injuries
- 30
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 million)
- Houses destroyed
- Few (about 1 to 50)
- Houses damaged
- Many (101 to 1,000)
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
Tsunami
The USGS flags a quake this large in an oceanic region. The flag does not mean a tsunami happened; the tsunami warning centers decide that, and their messages are below when they issued any.
Current tsunami warnings: tsunami.gov. Warnings in force in the US also appear on our alerts pages.
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- VI, strong shaking
- Peak ground acceleration
- 17.8% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- 2.9 cm/s
- Map
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
584 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was VIII, severe shaking.
Estimated impact
The USGS PAGER system estimates deaths and economic losses from the shaking and the population and buildings exposed to it.
- Alert level
- Yellow: some damage and deaths possible, a local or regional response
| Range | Chance |
|---|---|
| Under 1 | 13% |
| 1 to 10 | 34% |
| 10 to 100 | 36% |
| 100 to 1,000 | 15% |
| 1,000 to 10,000 | 2% |
| 10,000 to 100,000 | Under 1% |
| 100,000 to 10,000,000 | Under 1% |
| Range, million USD | Chance |
|---|---|
| Under 1 | 24% |
| 1 to 10 | 34% |
| 10 to 100 | 29% |
| 100 to 1,000 | 11% |
| 1,000 to 10,000 | 2% |
| 10,000 to 100,000 | Under 1% |
| 100,000 to 10,000,000 | Under 1% |
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Normal
- Moment magnitude
- 6.9 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 140°, dip 16°, rake -82°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 311°, dip 74°, rake -92°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.8 km horizontally, 2.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From modeling of broad-band P waveforms
- Station coverage gap
- 35°
- Stations used
- 329
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 3.9 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.18 km NNE of Pajapita, Guatemala · 3394 days ago · 92 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 4
- 3.935 km WSW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico · 3342 days ago · 43 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.1near the coast of Chiapas, Mexico · 3338 days ago · 41 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 4.313 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico · 3337 days ago · 71 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 3
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20009mbt (also filed as pt17165003, at00orj0si, iscgem616639690). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 4:29 PM UTC.