Guatemala earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 17 km S of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 17 km S of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala on Wed, Mar 7, 2018, 12:14 AM CST (06:14 UTC), 72 km (45 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
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-03-07 06:14:01 UTC
Depth
72.4 km (45.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
14.039° N, 91.290° W
Region
Guatemala
Felt reports
4
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 8.4 km horizontally, 10.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
154°
Stations used
64

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.65 km S of Santa Bárbara, Guatemala · 3113 days ago · 104 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 4
  2. 4.464 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3113 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 4.711 km SE of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3108 days ago · 70 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 17
  4. 4.718 km WSW of Champerico, Guatemala · 3104 days ago · 66 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.336 km SE of Champerico, Guatemala · 3102 days ago · 63 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 4.15 km E of Tiquisate, Guatemala · 3099 days ago · 45 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 5.243 km SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3098 days ago · 21 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 19
  8. 4.558 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 3098 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 4.459 km SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3098 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 4.739 km S of Champerico, Guatemala · 3071 days ago · 35 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 4.261 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala · 3070 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away

Before

  1. 4.425 km SE of Champerico, Guatemala · 3133 days ago · 62 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 4.215 km SSE of Iztapa, Guatemala · 3147 days ago · 77 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.39 km SE of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala · 3154 days ago · 83 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 6

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000ddmz. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:30 PM UTC.