Earthquakes in Guatemala

Guatemala appears infrequently in the record, with just 3 events in the past 30 days, and 15 of the events on record reached magnitude 5 or above — the level at which damage becomes a genuine concern for vulnerable construction. Guatemala sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire, and the depth distribution below shows the subducting slab beneath it directly.

105 earthquakes have been recorded in Guatemala in our catalogue, 3 of them in the past 30 days.

The average magnitude is 4.5 and the average focal depth 50 km. 97 events reached magnitude 4 or above and 15 reached magnitude 5 or above.

The strongest earthquake recorded in Guatemala in this period was a magnitude 5.9 event near Champerico, Guatemala on 09 August 2025, at a depth of 9 km. A magnitude 5.9 earthquake radiates roughly 10,676 tons of TNT equivalent in seismic energy.

Locations recording the most events include Champerico (27), Puerto San José (25), Nueva Concepción (6), Iztapa (5), Santa María de Jesús (3).

75% of events here are shallow (under 70 km), 25% intermediate (70–300 km) and 0% deep-focus (over 300 km). The mix is dominated by shallow crustal events, with a minority of intermediate-depth activity.

The deepest event on record here was a magnitude 4.4 earthquake at 227 km beneath Santa Ana Huista, Guatemala on 10 July 2026.

By band, the catalogue holds 8 in the magnitude 3 range, 82 in the magnitude 4 range, 15 in the magnitude 5 range.

The busiest single day was 29 July 2025, with 5 recorded events.

No event in this record carries a USGS link to NOAA tsunami information.