M4.3 earthquake 57 km SW of La Gomera, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 57 km SW of La Gomera, Guatemala on Fri, May 11, 2018, 6:29 AM CST (12:29 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 12 km SW of Guanagazapa, Guatemala. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-05-11 12:29:34 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.675° N, 91.390° 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 7.5 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 179°
- Stations used
- 152
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.583 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3064 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.370 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3054 days ago · 37 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.015 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 3053 days ago · 58 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
- 4.125 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3052 days ago · 49 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.06 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3043 days ago · 54 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
- 4.6102 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 3040 days ago · 47 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.336 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3034 days ago · 60 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.368 km SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3032 days ago · 34 km deep · 33 km away
- 5.712 km SW of Guanagazapa, Guatemala · 3027 days ago · 99 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 287
- 4.534 km S of Iztapa, Guatemala · 3020 days ago · 54 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
- 4.449 km SW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 3019 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.827 km SW of Tiquisate, Guatemala · 3018 days ago · 69 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 22
- 4.193 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 3017 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.159 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3014 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.367 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3013 days ago · 35 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.459 km SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3012 days ago · 45 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.460 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 3009 days ago · 53 km deep · 56 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000e2r2. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:37 AM UTC.