M4.2 earthquake 15 km SSE of Iztapa, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 15 km SSE of Iztapa, Guatemala on Sat, Feb 17, 2018, 4:06 AM CST (10:06 UTC), 77 km (48 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 43 km SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-02-17 10:06:00 UTC
- Depth
- 77.0 km (47.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 13.800° N, 90.670° W
- Region
- Guatemala
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.7 km horizontally, 12.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 180°
- Stations used
- 59
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.417 km S of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3129 days ago · 72 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 4
- 4.65 km S of Santa Bárbara, Guatemala · 3113 days ago · 104 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 4
- 4.711 km SE of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3108 days ago · 70 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 17
- 4.15 km E of Tiquisate, Guatemala · 3098 days ago · 45 km deep · 88 km away
- 5.243 km SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3098 days ago · 21 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 19
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000d3tu. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:11 PM UTC.