M 5.8 in Guatemala on 28 Nov 2025 20:06 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 1512402
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.8M
Depth: 140 Km
Lat/Lon: 15.2847 , -92.1007
Event Date: 28 Nov 2025 20:06 UTC
28 Nov 2025 14:06 Local
Exposed Population: 1.3 million in MMI IV
Inserted at: 28 Nov 2025 20:45 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
5.5 (Guatemala)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Guatemala= 5.5; Mexico= 4.4

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000rehl Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Latest media headlines

5.8-magnitude quake strikes Mexico–Guatemala border 11/29/2025 5:40:00 AM.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 struck the MexicoGuatemala border region at 2006 GMT on Friday, according to the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences.
5.8-magnitude quake hits Mexico-Guatemala border region -- GFZ 11/29/2025 3:22:00 AM.

BEIJING, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 jolted Mexico-Guatemala border region at 2006 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 160.8 kilometers, was initia
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5.8-magnitude quake hits Mexico-Guatemala border region -- GFZ 11/29/2025 3:20:00 AM.

BEIJING, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 jolted Mexico-Guatemala border region at 2006 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 160.8 kilometers, was initia
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Global earthquake report for Friday, November 28, 2025 11/29/2025 1:33:00 AM.

Saturday 29 November 2025 00:20 | 43 minutes ago | By: Earthquake Monitor. Global earthquakes with a magnitude greater than 3 during the past 24 hours on November 29, 2025. Summary: 5.+, 33+, 147 times 3+: Bombs!) | 5.8 (Jismala time) – #2:
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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),