M 5.7 in Guatemala on 08 Jul 2025 21:41 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1489306
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Glide number: EQ-2025-000111-GTM
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 14.44 , -90.6549
Event Date: 08 Jul 2025 21:41 UTC
08 Jul 2025 15:41 Local
Exposed Population: 50 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 09 Jul 2025 00:17 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
5.5 (Guatemala)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 1.3 1.3
us7000qbfv Scaled population (raster) 3.58  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.05  
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Guatemala - Earthquakes (ECHO 14 Jul 2025)Wed, 09 Jul 2025 11:04

  • An earthquake of 5.7 M at a depth of 10 km occurred in southern Guatemala on 8 July at 21.41 UTC (15.41 local time). The epicentre was located inland in the Escuintla department, approximately 3 km north-west of San Vicente Pacaya village and 17 km north-east of the city of Escuintla. The earthquake was followed by four aftershocks up to 4.8 M across the affected area.
  • USGS PAGER estimates that up to 974,000 people were exposed to strong shaking and 2.65 million to moderate shaking.
  • Media report, as of 9 July, two fatalities due to a landslide triggered by the main earthquake that occurred in the area of Antigua Guatemala city. In addition, media also report several preventively evacuated people, an unconfirmed number of injured people, and a number of damaged buildings.
  • On 9 July, the Copernicus Emergency Management Service (EMS) was activated in rapid mapping mode (). 
M5.7 in Guatemala - EC/ECHO daily mapWed, 09 Jul 2025 18:15

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M5.7 in Guatemala - Copernicus EMS activationThu, 10 Jul 2025 05:40

[EMSR814] Earthquake in Guatemala
Guatemala - Earthquakes, update (ECHO 15 Jul 2025)Thu, 10 Jul 2025 10:54

  • The seismic activity continues in the area between Escuintla and the Guatemala Department, with three earthquakes (magnitudes 3.4–3.8 M) recorded in the past 24 hours. Additionally, the humanitarian impact has escalated following the 5.7 M earthquake that occurred on 8 July at 21.41 UTC (15.41 hours local time), approximately 17 km north-east of Escuintla city.
  • According to the National Coordination for Disaster Reduction (CONRED), as of 10 July at 5.00 UTC, five people died, nine others have been hospitalised, almost 600 have been evacuated and about 2,000 affected. Furthermore, over 300 homes have been damaged.
  • National authorities are providing humanitarian aid and emergency assistance, including shelter, medical care, and supplies, to those impacted by the seismic event.

 

M5.7 in Guatemala - Copernicus EMS activationFri, 11 Jul 2025 05:01

[EMSR814] Earthquake in Guatemala
M5.7 in Guatemala - Copernicus EMS activationSun, 13 Jul 2025 04:45

[EMSR814] Earthquake in Guatemala
M5.7 in Guatemala - Copernicus EMS activationMon, 14 Jul 2025 05:45

[EMSR814] Earthquake in Guatemala
M5.7 in Guatemala - Copernicus EMS activationFri, 18 Jul 2025 07:46

[EMSR814] Earthquake in Guatemala
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),