July 11, 1999 Earthquake: W, Izabal-Puerto Barrios, Honduras, Guatemala
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck W, Izabal-Puerto Barrios, Honduras, Guatemala on July 11, 1999 at 14:14:16 UTC, 10 km below the surface. It killed 2 people.
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Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- July 11, 1999
- Time
- 14:14:16 UTC
- Place
- W, Izabal-Puerto Barrios, Honduras, Guatemala
- Magnitude
- 6.7 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 10 km (6 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 15.782° N, 88.330° W
- Country
- Guatemala
The toll
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 40
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
- Houses destroyed
- 7
- Houses damaged
- 7; 4 with its tsunami and other effects
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
One person killed and another person died from a heart
attack; at least 40 people injured in the Izabal-Puerto
Barrios area, Guatemala. Seven houses destroyed, forty-one
houses sustained considerable damage; bridges and highways
damaged in the Izabal-Puerto Barrios area, Guatemala. Minor
damage in western Honduras. Felt throughout most of
Honduras and in eastern Guatemala. Felt in Belize, El
Salvador and at Villahermosa, Mexico. (reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- February 4, 1976, Chimaltenango, Guatemala City
- September 7, 1915, El Salvador
- September 29, 1982, Honduras-Guatemala-El Salvador
- August 9, 1980, Izabel Province, Honduras, N Guatemala
- October 19, 1820, Omoa, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
- August 4, 1856, Coast, Honduras
- November 24, 1539, Cabo DE Higueras, Honduras
- December 3, 1934, San Jorge, LA Encarnacion, San Fernando, Honduras
- April 10, 2013, Atlantida, Honduras
- December 29, 1915, Gracias, El Salvador, Honduras
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 5525.