Earthquake · 19 Oct 2026
M4.6 earthquake — 5 km E of San José El Ídolo, Guatemala
- Event
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- M4.6 (Light)
- Severity
- Moderate
- Time
- (15 days ago)
- Location
- 5 km E of San José El Ídolo, Guatemala
- Country
- Guatemala
- Coordinates
- 14.454°, -91.373°
- Source
- USGS Earthquake Hazards Program
What this means
This was a light earthquake of magnitude 4.6. Usually causes noticeable shaking and rattling of indoor objects, but significant damage is unlikely.
Magnitude measures the energy released at the source. How strongly the ground shook at any particular place depends on distance from the epicenter, the depth of the quake, local geology and building construction, so the same magnitude can be harmless in one place and damaging in another. First magnitudes are preliminary and are often revised by a few tenths as more stations report.
Other events within 300 km (±14 days)
- M4.2 earthquake — 30 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico — 141 km away, 1 Nov 2026, 19:50 UTC
- M4.1 earthquake — 97 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico — 199 km away, 30 Oct 2026, 16:43 UTC
- M4.3 earthquake — 99 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico — 186 km away, 27 Oct 2026, 15:45 UTC
- M4.4 earthquake — 74 km SSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico — 157 km away, 24 Oct 2026, 07:31 UTC
- M4.2 earthquake — 3 km WNW of Patzité, Guatemala — 59 km away, 22 Oct 2026, 07:28 UTC
- M4.6 earthquake — 97 km SW of El Palmarcito, Mexico — 269 km away, 22 Oct 2026, 03:35 UTC
- M5.2 earthquake — 86 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico — 166 km away, 17 Oct 2026, 13:59 UTC
- M4.9 earthquake — 115 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico — 207 km away, 17 Oct 2026, 01:03 UTC
- M4.8 earthquake — 7 km WSW of Soconusco, Mexico — 178 km away, 16 Oct 2026, 11:39 UTC
- M4.7 earthquake — 95 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico — 171 km away, 16 Oct 2026, 04:42 UTC
Smaller earthquakes close in time and space to a larger one are often aftershocks or foreshocks, though GlobalRisk does not classify them.
More from Guatemala
GlobalRisk has recorded 4 events in or near Guatemala in the data we hold. See the full Guatemala risk monitor.
Source and attribution
Source: USGS Earthquake Hazards Program. View the original report ↗
GlobalRisk republishes only basic facts (type, time, location, magnitude or alert level) and links to the original report. Details may be revised by the source after this page was generated on 3 Nov 2026, 05:08 UTC.
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