Guatemala earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake 11 km SE of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 11 km SE of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala on Wed, Mar 28, 2018, 7:21 PM CST (01:21 UTC), 70 km (44 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 43 km SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.7 (Mwr, regional moment), light
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Wed, Mar 28, 2018, 7:21 PM CST
UTC: 2018-03-29 01:21:48 UTC
Depth: 70.3 km (43.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter: 14.117° N, 91.238° W
Region: Guatemala
Felt reports: 17
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

17 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Reverse (thrust)
Moment magnitude: 4.7 Mwr
Nodal plane 1: Strike 315°, dip 18°, rake 99°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 125°, dip 72°, rake 87°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 6.4 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.09
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 121°
Stations used: 83

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000daje. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:33 PM UTC.