M4.5 earthquake 54 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 54 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala on Wed, Jul 18, 2018, 7:27 PM CST (01:27 UTC), 42 km (26 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-07-19 01:27:19 UTC
- Depth
- 41.5 km (25.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 13.627° N, 91.255° 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 I, not felt shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.8 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 172°
- Stations used
- 158
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.336 km SE of Iztapa, Guatemala · 2994 days ago · 78 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 4
- 4.122 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 2992 days ago · 56 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.399 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 2989 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.977 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 2980 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.696 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 2980 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 5.176 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 2979 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 4.191 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 2979 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.1105 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 2979 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.577 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 2979 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.34 km SSW of San Miguel Panán, Guatemala · 2979 days ago · 113 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 3
- 5.659 km SW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 2974 days ago · 18 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 28
- 4.043 km SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 2961 days ago · 21 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.153 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 2944 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.364 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 2943 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
- 4.142 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 2938 days ago · 35 km deep · 86 km away
Before
- 4.460 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 3009 days ago · 53 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.459 km SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3012 days ago · 45 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.367 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3012 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.159 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3013 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.193 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala · 3017 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.827 km SW of Tiquisate, Guatemala · 3017 days ago · 69 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 22
- 4.449 km SW of La Gomera, Guatemala · 3018 days ago · 35 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.534 km S of Iztapa, Guatemala · 3020 days ago · 54 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000g8d0. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:30 PM UTC.