Significant Earthquakes in Guatemala
Every significant earthquake NOAA records in Guatemala, with its toll.
Map
Every significant earthquake in Guatemala with a location. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The record
- Earthquakes
- 47
- Deaths counted
- 28,826
- Earliest
- 1565
The deadliest
- February 4, 1976, Chimaltenango, Guatemala City
- 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
- 1607, Antigua, Guatemala
- September 18, 1991, Guatemala City, Pachuta, Solola
- July 22, 1816, Soloma, Guatemala
- July 29, 1978, Patzun, Guatemala
- July 8, 2025, Guatemala City, Escuintla, Sacatepequez
- November 3, 1988, S Palin, San Vicente Pacaya, Guatemala
- June 14, 2017, Quetzaltenango, Suchitepequez, Mexico, Guatemala
- March 13, 1976, Guatemala
Every earthquake
Newest first.
- July 29, 2025, El Salvador-Guatemala
- July 8, 2025, Guatemala City, Escuintla, Sacatepequez
- February 16, 2022, Baja Verapaz, Guatemala, Quezaltenango
- June 22, 2017, Escuintla, Suchitepequez, Guatemala
- June 14, 2017, Quetzaltenango, Suchitepequez, Mexico, Guatemala
- September 7, 2013, Coatepeque, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
- November 7, 2012, San Marcos, San Cristobal Cochu, Guatemala
- September 19, 2011, Cuilapa Santa Rosa, Guatemala
- April 15, 2008, Guatemala
- January 5, 2008, Colomba, Flores, Costa Cuca, Guatemala
- June 13, 2007, Guatemala City
- July 11, 1999, W, Izabal-Puerto Barrios, Honduras, Guatemala
- January 10, 1998, Quezaltenango, San Marcos, Solola, Guatemala
- September 10, 1993, Chiapas, Southwest, Mexico, Guatemala
- September 18, 1991, Guatemala City, Pachuta, Solola
- November 3, 1988, S Palin, San Vicente Pacaya, Guatemala
- February 3, 1986, Ixchiguan, San Marcos Province, Guatemala
- October 11, 1985, San Miguel Upsantan, Guatemala
- May 18, 1980, S Coast, Guatemala
- October 27, 1979, Guatemala
- October 9, 1979, Guatemala
- July 29, 1978, Patzun, Guatemala
- March 13, 1976, Guatemala
- February 4, 1976, Chimaltenango, Guatemala City
- October 23, 1950, San Marcos, Guatemala
- August 6, 1942, Near S Coast, Guatemala
- February 4, 1921, Mexico-Guatemala
- January 4, 1918, Guatemala City
- December 26, 1917, Guatemala City
- April 19, 1902, Quezaltenango, San Marcos, Guatemala
- January 18, 1902, San Martin, Quezaltenango, Guatemala
- September 3, 1874, Antigua,chimaltenango,amatitlan, Guatemala
- June 12, 1870, Chiquimulilla, Guatemala
- December 20, 1862, Guatemala, El Salvador
- April 1830, Guatemala
- July 22, 1816, Soloma, Guatemala
- March 16, 1791, San Marcos, Guatemala
- July 29, 1773, Antigua, Guatemala
- June 3, 1773, St. Jago, Guatemala
- October 24, 1765, Chiquimula, Quetzaltepeque, Guatemala
- September 29, 1717, Antigua, Guatemala
- February 12, 1689, Antigua, Guatemala
- 1607, Antigua, Guatemala
- 1586, Antigua, Guatemala
- 1576, Guatemala
- May 1566, Antigua, Guatemala
- August 30, 1565, Antigua, Guatemala
By country
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- Antarctica7
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- Argentina39
- Armenia13
- Atlantic Ocean7
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- Austria8
- Azerbaijan17
- Azores28
- Bangladesh19
- Barbados1
- Belgium1
- Bering Sea1
- Bhutan5
- Bolivia19
- Bosnia and Herzegovina11
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- Burundi1
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- Canada22
- Canary Islands2
- Central African Republic1
- Chile200
- China626
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- Comoros1
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- Croatia53
- Cuba15
- Cyprus10
- Czech Republic1
- Djibouti2
- Dominica1
- Dominican Republic19
- Ecuador70
- Egypt17
- El Salvador42
- Eritrea6
- Ethiopia11
- Fiji20
- France43
- French Guiana2
- French Polynesia1
- Gabon1
- Georgia15
- Germany9
- Ghana6
- Greece296
- Greenland1
- Grenada1
- Guadeloupe9
- Guatemala47
- Guinea1
- Haiti21
- Honduras15
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- India102
- Indian Ocean3
- Indonesia427
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- Rwanda5
- Saint Lucia2
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- Solomon Sea2
- South Africa14
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands7
- South Korea22
- South Sudan4
- Spain35
- Sri Lanka1
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- Switzerland31
- Syria34
- Taiwan103
- Tajikistan29
- Tanzania8
- Tasman Sea1
- Thailand4
- Togo2
- Tonga26
- Trinidad and Tobago8
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- Turkey360
- Turkmenistan12
- Uganda4
- UK Territories2
- Ukraine12
- United Kingdom15
- United States283
- Uruguay2
- US Territories39
- Uzbekistan14
- Vanuatu65
- Venezuela65
- Vietnam6
- Wallis and Futuna1
- Yemen10
- Zambia1
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.