January 5, 2008 Earthquake: Colomba, Flores, Costa Cuca, Guatemala
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Colomba, Flores, Costa Cuca, Guatemala on January 5, 2008 at 01:56:45 UTC, 66 km below the surface.
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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
- January 5, 2008
- Time
- 01:56:45 UTC
- Place
- Colomba, Flores, Costa Cuca, Guatemala
- Magnitude
- 5.6 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 66 km (41 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 14.129° N, 91.479° W
- Country
- Guatemala
The toll
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
- Houses damaged
- Few (about 1 to 50) 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.
Some houses slightly damaged and small landslides blocked roads in the Colomba-Flores Costa Cuca area. Power outages ocurred at Coatepeque, Guatemala, Mazatenango and Quetzaltenango. Felt (IV) at Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala, Mixco, Quetzaltenango and Villa Nueva; (III) at Panajachel. Also felt at Chimaltenango, Coban, Palin, Petapa, Retalhuleu, San Antonio Palopo, San Bartolome Milpas Altas, Santiago Sacatepequez, Sumpango, Totonicapan, and Villa Canales. Felt (III) at San Salvador, El Salvador. Also felt at Santa Ana, El Salvador and at Tapachula, Mexico. (reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- December 26, 1917, Guatemala City
- April 19, 1902, Quezaltenango, San Marcos, Guatemala
- June 3, 1773, St. Jago, Guatemala
- September 3, 1874, Antigua,chimaltenango,amatitlan, Guatemala
- July 29, 1773, Antigua, Guatemala
- November 7, 2012, San Marcos, San Cristobal Cochu, Guatemala
- September 18, 1991, Guatemala City, Pachuta, Solola
- July 22, 1816, Soloma, Guatemala
- September 25, 1968, S Chiapas, Mexico-Guatemala
- July 29, 1978, Patzun, Guatemala
- July 8, 2025, Guatemala City, Escuintla, Sacatepequez
- June 14, 2017, Quetzaltenango, Suchitepequez, Mexico, Guatemala
- November 3, 1988, S Palin, San Vicente Pacaya, Guatemala
- October 27, 1979, Guatemala
- March 13, 1976, Guatemala
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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 7746.