Seismic history
Major earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and geological events in Guatemala, 1900–2026, with sources and detailed information.
Total earthquakes
225
M5+
Strongest
M7.8
M7+ events
16
Tsunami events
3
| Date | Magnitude | Location | Depth | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1902-09-23 | 7.8 | Central Chiapas, Mexico | - | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1915-09-07 | 7.7 | 12 km NW of Chalatenango, El Salvador | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1942-08-06 | 7.7 | 26 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2001-01-13 | 7.7 |
| 28 km SSW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador |
| 60 km |
| USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1976-02-04 | 7.5 | 7 km N of Los Amates, Guatemala | 5 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2012-11-07 | 7.4 | 33 km S of Champerico, Guatemala | 24 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1935-12-14 | 7.3 | 4 km SSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2026-07-17 | 7.3 | 60 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico | 22 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1970-04-29 | 7.3 | 34 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1982-06-19 | 7.3 | 18 km SSW of La Libertad, El Salvador | 73 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1993-09-10 | 7.2 | 24 km W of Puerto Madero, Mexico | 34 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1950-10-23 | 7.2 | 1 km NNW of Champerico, Guatemala | 65 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1921-02-04 | 7.1 | 32 km NE of Chajul, Guatemala | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1944-06-28 | 7.0 | 70 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1900-11-09 | 7.0 | Near the coast of El Salvador | - | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1983-12-02 | 7.0 | 25 km S of Champerico, Guatemala | 67 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1919-04-17 | 7.0 | 31 km SE of Champerico, Guatemala | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1912-12-09 | 6.9 | 33 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico | 50 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2017-06-14 | 6.9 | 2 km SSW of San Pablo, Guatemala🌊 | 93 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1994-03-14 | 6.9 | 6 km ENE of Rizo de Oro, Mexico | 164 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2014-07-07 | 6.9 | 4 km W of Puerto Madero, Mexico🌊 | 53 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1939-12-05 | 6.8 | 17 km NE of Champerico, Guatemala | 45 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1953-11-17 | 6.8 | 95 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1930-07-14 | 6.8 | 8 km NNW of Moyuta, Guatemala | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1936-11-19 | 6.8 | 20 km SE of Iztapa, Guatemala | 45 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1940-07-27 | 6.8 | 29 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1979-10-27 | 6.8 | 12 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala | 58 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1993-09-03 | 6.8 | 38 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico | 27 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1917-06-08 | 6.7 | 8 km S of San Juan Opico, El Salvador | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1955-08-28 | 6.7 | 31 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala | 45 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1999-07-11 | 6.7 | 16 km N of Potrerillos, Honduras | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2008-10-16 | 6.7 | 19 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico | 24 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2007-06-13 | 6.7 | 43 km SSE of Iztapa, Guatemala | 23 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2019-02-01 | 6.7 | 5 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico🌊 | 66 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1929-02-10 | 6.6 | near the coast of Guatemala | 30 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1998-01-10 | 6.6 | 10 km SSW of San José El Ídolo, Guatemala | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2001-02-13 | 6.6 | 5 km S of Cojutepeque, El Salvador | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1988-11-03 | 6.6 | 20 km S of Taxisco, Guatemala | 69 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1966-12-10 | 6.6 | 5 km NNW of Champerico, Guatemala | 65 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1970-04-29 | 6.6 | 55 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1959-04-28 | 6.5 | 9 km W of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2012-11-11 | 6.5 | 32 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1997-11-09 | 6.5 | 13 km NNE of San Sebastián, El Salvador | 176 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2003-01-21 | 6.5 | 33 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala | 24 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1982-04-06 | 6.5 | 18 km W of Champerico, Guatemala | 65 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1907-09-23 | 6.5 | 25 km S of Taxisco, Guatemala | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1936-11-22 | 6.5 | 21 km SE of Iztapa, Guatemala | 45 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1937-09-15 | 6.4 | 6 km SW of Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2024-05-12 | 6.4 | 28 km WSW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico | 62 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2023-05-17 | 6.4 | 8 km SE of Canillá, Guatemala | 252 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1918-01-25 | 6.4 | 1 km ESE of Morazán, Guatemala | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1980-08-09 | 6.4 | 19 km NNE of Puerto Barrios, Guatemala | 22 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1996-12-31 | 6.4 | 4 km SW of El Ramal (Porvenir), Mexico | 100 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2013-09-07 | 6.4 | 7 km ESE of Ignacio López Rayón, Mexico | 66 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1955-09-03 | 6.4 | 23 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala | 44 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1942-03-01 | 6.4 | 35 km S of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1934-12-03 | 6.3 | 5 km W of San Agustín, Honduras | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1902-01-18 | 6.3 | Near Quetzaltenango, Guatemala | - | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2009-05-03 | 6.3 | 5 km S of San Lucas Tolimán, Guatemala | 108 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1999-06-06 | 6.3 | 6 km ESE of Puerto San José, Guatemala | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1992-05-30 | 6.3 | 62 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico | 55 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2004-11-20 | 6.3 | 34 km SW of Acajutla, El Salvador | 41 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2000-03-12 | 6.3 | 3 km ESE of Plan de Ayala, Mexico | 62 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1985-06-03 | 6.3 | near the coast of Guatemala | 66 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1920-10-08 | 6.3 | 9 km S of El Zapotal, Mexico | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1948-07-16 | 6.3 | 13 km SE of Río Bravo, Guatemala | 41 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1929-03-19 | 6.2 | 5 km ESE of Iztapa, Guatemala | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2025-01-05 | 6.2 | 56 km SSE of La Libertad, El Salvador | 46 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1939-01-20 | 6.2 | 107 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2022-02-16 | 6.2 | 12 km WSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala | 60 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1951-05-06 | 6.2 | Near Jucuapa, El Salvador | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1950-10-23 | 6.2 | 26 km ESE of Champerico, Guatemala | 65 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1991-09-18 | 6.2 | 4 km SE of Patzún, Guatemala | 5 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1919-04-28 | 6.2 | 8 km WNW of Jujutla, El Salvador | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1966-08-18 | 6.2 | 14 km WSW of Retalhuleu, Guatemala | 65 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1927-05-09 | 6.2 | 7 km NW of Jacaltenango, Guatemala | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1930-07-07 | 6.2 | 6 km W of Santa María Ixhuatán, Guatemala | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2024-08-28 | 6.1 | 56 km SSW of La Libertad, El Salvador | 26 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1974-12-31 | 6.1 | 20 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala | 39 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1997-12-18 | 6.1 | 11 km WSW of Sensuntepeque, El Salvador | 182 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1998-03-03 | 6.1 | 9 km SSW of San José El Ídolo, Guatemala | 63 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2008-04-15 | 6.1 | 42 km SSE of Iztapa, Guatemala | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2001-02-28 | 6.1 | 24 km S of Zacatecoluca, El Salvador | 65 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2018-10-28 | 6.1 | 85 km SW of Acajutla, El Salvador | 22 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2016-04-15 | 6.1 | 110 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala | 22 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2005-03-17 | 6.1 | 10 km NE of San Bartolo, Guatemala | 197 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2014-12-07 | 6.1 | 61 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala | 32 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1954-10-21 | 6.1 | 7 km S of Guazacapán, Guatemala | 66 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1972-01-22 | 6.1 | 8 km SW of La Gomera, Guatemala | 60 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1968-09-25 | 6.0 | 11 km SSE of Nueva Independencia, Mexico | 125 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1945-08-10 | 6.0 | 5 km W of Joconal, Honduras | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1925-12-11 | 6.0 | 4 km S of Santo Domingo de las Palmas, Mexico | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1971-08-20 | 6.0 | 119 km SSW of Champerico, Guatemala | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1961-04-12 | 6.0 | 19 km W of Jiquilisco, El Salvador | 65 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1965-05-03 | 6.0 | 3 km SE of San Marcos, El Salvador | 14 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1959-01-24 | 6.0 | 51 km SSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1969-04-21 | 6.0 | 9 km NE of La Gomera, Guatemala | 65 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1935-12-21 | 6.0 | 74 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2021-05-12 | 6.0 | 55 km SW of Acajutla, El Salvador | 22 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1994-04-10 | 6.0 | 3 km E of Pajapita, Guatemala | 100 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |