M4.4 earthquake 60 km S of Champerico, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 60 km S of Champerico, Guatemala on Thu, Jul 5, 2018, 8:17 PM CST (02:17 UTC), 53 km (33 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 59 km SW of Puerto San José, Guatemala. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-07-06 02:17:05 UTC
- Depth
- 52.8 km (32.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.743° N, 91.904° 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 7.8 km horizontally, 8.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 185°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 98
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.554 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 2996 days ago · 42 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4129 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 2990 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.399 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 2990 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 5.659 km SW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 2974 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 28
- 4.043 km SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 2961 days ago · 21 km deep · 41 km away
Before
- 4.459 km SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3012 days ago · 45 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.367 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3013 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.159 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3014 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.827 km SW of Tiquisate, Guatemala · 3017 days ago · 69 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 22
- 4.449 km SW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 3018 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.4122 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3019 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.286 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala · 3020 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.5108 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3020 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.368 km SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3032 days ago · 34 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.336 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3034 days ago · 60 km deep · 53 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000fxzk. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:48 PM UTC.