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Natural Disasters in Guatemala

126 significant events · page 1/3

Significant natural disasters recorded within Guatemala, sorted by magnitude and impact. Location is determined from coordinates against modern national borders; each event has its own page with date, source and nearby events.

  1. 1.1942 CEEarthquake — Guatemala, Near S Coast (Mw 7.7)
  2. 2.1942 CEEarthquake — 26 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala (Mw 7.7)
  3. 3.1976 CEEarthquake — Guatemala, Chimaltenango, Guatemala City (Ms 7.5)· 23,000 deaths
  4. 4.1902 CEEarthquake — Guatemala, Quezaltenango, San Marcos (Ms 7.5)· 2,000 deaths
  5. 5.1773 CEEarthquake — Guatemala, Antigua (M 7.5)· 100 deaths
  6. 6.1816 CEEarthquake — Guatemala, Soloma (Ms 7.5)· 23 deaths
  7. 7.1976 CEEarthquake — 7 km N of Los Amates, Guatemala (Mw 7.5)
  8. 8.1950 CEEarthquake — Guatemala, San Marcos (Mw 7.5)
  9. 9.1902 CEEarthquake — Near Quetzaltenango, Guatemala (Mw 7.5)
  10. 10.1856 CEEarthquake — Honduras, Coast (Ms 7.5)
  11. 11.2012 CEEarthquake — 33 km S of Champerico, Guatemala (Mww 7.4)
  12. 12.1717 CEEarthquake — Guatemala, Antigua (M 7.4)
  13. 13.1935 CEEarthquake — 4 km SSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico (Mw 7.31)
  14. 14.2012 CEEarthquake — Guatemala, San Marcos, San Cristobal Cochu (Mw 7.3)· 48 deaths
  15. 15.1935 CEEarthquake — Mexico, Tuxtla Gutierrez, Guatemala (Mw 7.3)
  16. 16.1870 CEEarthquake — Guatemala, Chiquimulilla (M 7.2)
  17. 17.1950 CEEarthquake — 1 km NNW of Champerico, Guatemala (Mw 7.17)
  18. 18.1921 CEEarthquake — 32 km NE of Chajul, Guatemala (Mw 7.11)
  19. 19.1874 CEEarthquake — Guatemala, Antigua, Chimaltenango, Amatitlan (M 7.1)· 300 deaths
  20. 20.1921 CEEarthquake — Mexico-Guatemala (Mw 7.1)
  21. 21.1983 CEEarthquake — 25 km S of Champerico, Guatemala (Mw 7)
  22. 22.1859 CEEarthquake — El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua (Ms 7)
  23. 23.1919 CEEarthquake — 31 km SE of Champerico, Guatemala (Mw 6.96)
  24. 24.2017 CEEarthquake — Guatemala, Quetzaltenango, Suchitepequez, Mexico (Mw 6.9)· 5 deaths
  25. 25.2014 CEEarthquake — Mexico / Guatemala, San Marcos (Mw 6.9)· 4 deaths
  26. 26.2017 CEEarthquake — 2 km SSW of San Pablo, Guatemala (Mww 6.9)
  27. 27.2014 CEEarthquake — 4 km W of Puerto Madero, Mexico (Mww 6.9)
  28. 28.1939 CEEarthquake — 17 km NE of Champerico, Guatemala (Mw 6.82)
  29. 29.1936 CEEarthquake — 20 km SE of Iztapa, Guatemala (Mw 6.81)
  30. 30.1930 CEEarthquake — 8 km NNW of Moyuta, Guatemala (Mw 6.81)
  31. 31.1979 CEEarthquake — Guatemala (Ms 6.8)· 4 deaths
  32. 32.2017 CEEarthquake — Guatemala, Escuintla, Suchitepequez, Guatemala (Mw 6.8)
  33. 33.2017 CEEarthquake — 28 km SW of Puerto San José, Guatemala (Mww 6.8)
  34. 34.1979 CEEarthquake — 12 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala (Ms 6.8)
  35. 35.1940 CEEarthquake — 29 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala (Mw 6.8)
  36. 36.1955 CEEarthquake — 31 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala (Mw 6.71)
  37. 37.1999 CEEarthquake — Guatemala, Izabal-Puerto Barrios, Honduras: W (Mw 6.7)· 2 deaths
  38. 38.2019 CEEarthquake — Mexico, Chiapas, Guatemala: San Marcos (Mw 6.7)
  39. 39.2019 CEEarthquake — 5 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico (Mww 6.7)
  40. 40.2008 CEEarthquake — 19 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico (Mwc 6.7)
  41. 41.2007 CEEarthquake — Guatemala, Guatemala City (Mw 6.7)
  42. 42.2007 CEEarthquake — 43 km SSE of Iztapa, Guatemala (Mwc 6.7)
  43. 43.1999 CEEarthquake — 16 km N of Potrerillos, Honduras (Mwc 6.7)
  44. 44.1912 CEEarthquake — 11 km S of Los Amates, Guatemala (Mw 6.7)
  45. 45.1998 CEEarthquake — Guatemala, Quezaltenango, San Marcos, Solola (Mw 6.6)
  46. 46.1998 CEEarthquake — 10 km SSW of San José El Ídolo, Guatemala (Mwc 6.6)
  47. 47.1988 CEEarthquake — 20 km S of Taxisco, Guatemala (Mw 6.6)
  48. 48.1979 CEEarthquake — 17 km S of Iztapa, Guatemala (Ms 6.6)
  49. 49.1966 CEEarthquake — 5 km NNW of Champerico, Guatemala (Mw 6.56)
  50. 50.1959 CEEarthquake — 9 km W of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico (Mw 6.51)
  51. 51.2012 CEEarthquake — 32 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala (Mww 6.5)
  52. 52.2003 CEEarthquake — 33 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala (Mwc 6.5)
  53. 53.1982 CEEarthquake — 18 km W of Champerico, Guatemala (Ms 6.5)
  54. 54.1862 CEEarthquake — Guatemala, El Salvador (ML 6.5)
  55. 55.1936 CEEarthquake — 21 km SE of Iztapa, Guatemala (Mw 6.45)
  56. 56.1907 CEEarthquake — 25 km S of Taxisco, Guatemala (Mw 6.45)
  57. 57.1937 CEEarthquake — 6 km SW of Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala (Mw 6.43)
  58. 58.1980 CEEarthquake — Honduras / N Guatemala, Izabel Province (Ms 6.4)· 2 deaths
  59. 59.2013 CEEarthquake — Guatemala, Coatepeque, Quetzaltenango (Mw 6.4)· 1 deaths
  60. 60.2024 CEEarthquake — 28 km WSW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico (Mww 6.4)

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