Just 14 minutes ago, a 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck near Retalhuleu, Municipio de Retalhuleu, Departamento de Retalhuleu, Guatemala. The tremor was recorded early morning on Wednesday, October 8th, 2025, at 4:16 am local time, at a moderately shallow depth of 45. km below the surface.The event was filed by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the first seismological agency to report it.Our monitoring service identified a second report from the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake which listed the quake at magnitude 5.0. A third agency, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), reported the same quake at magnitude 5.0.Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter. Weak shaking might have been felt in Champerico (pop. 9,900) located 46 km from the epicenter, Retalhuleu (pop. 90,500) 71 km away, Nuevo San Carlos (pop. 39,600) 77 km away, Chicacao (pop. 60,700) 86 km away, Colomba (pop. 47,500) 90 km away, Coatepeque (pop. 105,400) 90 km away, and Santa Lucia Cotzumalguapa (pop. 112,800) 94 km away.VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update magnitude and depth if these change and follow up if other significant news about the quake become available. If you’re in the area, please send us your experience through our reporting mechanism, either online or via our mobile app. This will help us provide more first-hand updates to anyone around the globe who wants to know more about this quake.Earthquake data: Date & time: Oct 8, 2025 04:16 am (GMT -6) local time (8 Oct 2025 10:16 GMT)Magnitude: 5.1Depth: 45.00 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 13.83°N / 91.9°W (Guatemala)Primary data source: EMSC