M5.6 Earthquake Strikes Guatemala's Pacific Coast

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck off Guatemala's Pacific coast at 8:54 a.m. local time (2:54 p.m. UTC) on Nov. 10, 2026, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The agency placed the epicenter 43 kilometers south of Puerto San José, Guatemala, at a depth of 35 kilometers.

As of 4 p.m. UTC on Nov. 10, 2026, USGS's Did You Feel It tool had logged 14 reports from people who felt the shaking. The agency's impact estimate puts about 831,000 people in the zone of the quake's strongest shaking, intensity IV (light shaking) on its scale, and its own assessment says, "There is a low likelihood of casualties and damage."