M4.5 earthquake 58 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 58 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala on Sat, Apr 7, 2018, 11:34 PM CST (05:34 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 104 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), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-04-08 05:34:28 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.803° N, 91.697° 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 8.1 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 143°
- Stations used
- 77
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.459 km SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3097 days ago · 35 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.739 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 3071 days ago · 35 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.261 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 3069 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.017 km NE of Champerico, Guatemala · 3069 days ago · 81 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.357 km SW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 3064 days ago · 35 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.583 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3064 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.370 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3053 days ago · 37 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.015 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 3052 days ago · 58 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
- 4.125 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3051 days ago · 49 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.06 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3042 days ago · 54 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
- 5.1104 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3040 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
- 4.6102 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 3039 days ago · 47 km deep · 61 km away
Before
- 5.243 km SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3097 days ago · 21 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 19
- 4.15 km E of Tiquisate, Guatemala · 3098 days ago · 45 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.336 km SE of Champerico, Guatemala · 3101 days ago · 63 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.718 km WSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3104 days ago · 66 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4100 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3105 days ago · 19 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.711 km SE of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3108 days ago · 70 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 17
- 4.464 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3113 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.65 km S of Santa Bárbara, Guatemala · 3113 days ago · 104 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 4
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000dwb7. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:51 PM UTC.