M 5.6 in Guatemala on 29 Jul 2025 21:21 UTC

Event summary

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

GDACS ID EQ 1492604
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Glide number: EQ-2025-000122-GTM
Depth: 10.6 Km
Lat/Lon: 14.1117 , -89.7763
Event Date: 29 Jul 2025 21:21 UTC
29 Jul 2025 15:21 Local
Exposed Population: Few people affected (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 30 Jul 2025 04:27 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
5.5 (Guatemala)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Guatemala= 5.5; El Salvador= 4.6

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
us6000qw58 Scaled population (raster) 3.29  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.99  
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Guatemala - Earthquake (ECHO 04 Aug 2025)Wed, 30 Jul 2025 10:52

  • An earthquake of 5.6 M at a depth of 10.6 km occurred in the northwest of Jerez municipality, Jutiapa department, southeast Guatemala, on 29 July at 21:21 UTC (15:21 local time). The epicentre was located approximately 3 km northwest of Jerez municipality (bordering El Salvador), approximately 100 km southeast of the capital of Guatemala, Guatemala city, and 26 km northwest of Santa Ana in El Salvador.
  • USGS PAGER reports that up to 119,000 people were exposed to strong shaking.
  • According to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), as of 30 July, one person died due to the collapse of a building. Damage to infrastructure, including two health facilities, has also been reported.
Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

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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),