April 10, 2013 Earthquake: Atlantida, Honduras
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck Atlantida, Honduras on April 10, 2013 at 19:14:02 UTC, 4 km below the surface.
Map
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
- April 10, 2013
- Time
- 19:14:02 UTC
- Place
- Atlantida, Honduras
- Magnitude
- 5.4 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 4 km (2 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 15.520° N, 87.159° W
- Country
- Honduras
The toll
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
- Houses destroyed
- 12
- Houses damaged
- 66
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.
Evacuated: 43; Sheltered: 43; Displaced: 43; Houses damaged: 66; Houses destroyed: 12; Schools damaged: 2. (reference #11523)
Felt (IV) at Tegucigalpa; (III) at La Ceiba and San Pedro Sula; (II) at Santa Lucia. Also felt at Agalteca, Arizona, Choloma, Comayagua, Coyoles, El Chimbo, El Jicarito, El Porvenir, El Progreso, El Tablon, French Harbor, Mateo, Puerto Cortes, Roatan, San Jose de Colinas, Siguatepeque, Tela, Utila, Valle de Angeles, Villanueva and Yaguacire. Felt (II) at San Miguel, El Salvador and at Belize City, Belize. Also felt at El Jicaro, Nicaragua. (reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- May 28, 2009, Northern, Belize, Honduras
- July 11, 1999, W, Izabal-Puerto Barrios, Honduras, Guatemala
- August 9, 1980, Izabel Province, Honduras, N Guatemala
- October 19, 1820, Omoa, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
- August 4, 1856, Coast, Honduras
- July 1764, Trujillo, Honduras
- September 25, 1855, Trujillo, Honduras
- November 24, 1539, Cabo DE Higueras, 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 10182.