Moderate mag. 4.2 earthquake - 136 km southwest of Comitancillo, Departamento de San Marcos, Guatemala, on Saturday, Jul 18, 2026, at 03:51 am (GMT -6)

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The quake had a moderate depth of 137 km (85 mi) and was not felt (or at least not reported so).Quake Data | Interactive map | Seismograms | User reports | Earlier quakes here | Quakes in Guatemala | Quakes in Mexico | Departamento de San Marcos | Departamento de Quetzaltenango | Departamento de TotonicapanHint: Click on the image to see different maps of this quake!Light magnitude 3.9 earthquake at 137 km depth18 Jul 09:57 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 6 minutes.I didn't feel itI felt this quakeEarthquake detailsDate & timeJul 18, 2026 09:51:37 UTC - Local time at epicenterSaturday, Jul 18, 2026, at 03:51 am (GMT -6)StatusconfirmedMagnitude3.90Depth137 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude15.14°N / 91.75°WDepartamento de San Marcos, GuatemalaAlso near: Mexico 35 km (22 mi) awaySeismic antipode15.14°S / 88.25°EShaking intensityII Very weak shakingFelt0 reportsPrimary data sourceEMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)Nearest volcanoTajumulco (20 km / 12 mi)Weather at epicenter at time of quakeScattered Clouds 7.8°C (46 F), humidity: 85%, wind: 1 m/s (2 kts) from EEstimated seismic energy released4.5 x 1010 joules (12.4 megawatt hours, equivalent to 10.7 tons of TNT) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 3.9 | about seismic energy9 minutes agoJul 18, 2026 09:51 GMT / Jul 18, 2026 03:51 am (GMT -6)Lat / Lng: 15.14 / -91.75: GuatemalaSource: EMSCOther sources: INETER: 4.2 / 10 kmDetail info | You felt it? - Report it!';storedMarkers.push(['quake-23195495',15.14000,-91.75000,'9 minutes ago: Mag. 3.9, Guatemala',html,'quakes-5-24.png',18,18,9,9,124]); function mkRep(id,notFelt){var nFelt=notFelt||false;var src="https://www.volcanoesandearthquakes.com/app/earthquake-report.php?quakeId="+id;if(nFelt==true){src+="&notFelt=true";}window.open(src,"","status=0,toolbar=0,location=0,directories=0,menubar=0,resizable=1,scrollbars=1,height=400,width=350");} function locationHashChanged(e){-1!=e.oldURL.indexOf("#popupMap")&&closePopup()} window.onhashchange = locationHashChanged; function comment(e){var t=e.parentNode,a=(t.dataset.id,document.getElementById("commentForm"));"none"==a.style.display?(t.appendChild(a),a.style.display="block"):a.style.display="none"}function sendComment(e){var t=e.parentNode,a=t.parentNode.dataset.id,n=document.getElementById("commentContent"),p=n.value.trim();if(p){var o="id="+a+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId;o+="&comment="+decodeURIComponent(p),mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",o,function(e){e.responseText;alert("Thank you for submitting your comment!"),t.style.display="none",n.value=""})}}function flagReport(e){var t=e.parentNode.dataset.id;if(confirm("Report this as inappropriate?")){var a="id="+t+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId+"&flagAsInappropriate=1";mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",a,function(t){var a=t.responseText;alert(a),e.style.display="none"})}}function likeReport(e){var t="id="+e.parentNode.dataset.id+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId+"&like=1";mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",t,function(t){t.responseText;e.style.opacity=.5})}]]>[smaller] [bigger]Most recent quakes Top 20 past 24 hrs Quakes in GuatemalaNearby placesThe closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Comitancillo, a town with 59,000 inhabitants in Guatemala, in 5.7 km (3.5 mi) distance south of the epicenter. People likely experienced very weak shaking there. In the capital of  Guatemala, Guatemala City, 144 km (90 mi) away from the epicenter, the earthquake could not be felt.The following table shows some of the places that might have been affected (or not) by the shaking.DistancePlaceMax. shaking intensity(*)RegionCountry6 km (4 mi)S of epicenterComitancillo(pop: 59,500)II: Very weakDepartamento de San MarcosGuatemala13 km (8 mi)SE of epicenterCabrican(pop: 23,000)II: Very weakDepartamento de QuetzaltenangoGuatemala15 km (9 mi)N of epicenterSan Miguel Ixtahuacan(pop: 3,660)II: Very weakDepartamento de San MarcosGuatemala15 km (9 mi)NW of epicenterConcepcion Tutuapa(pop: 6,010)II: Very weakDepartamento de San MarcosGuatemala19 km (12 mi)S of epicenterSan Pedro Sacatepequez(pop: 40,000)II: Very weakDepartamento de San MarcosGuatemala20 km (12 mi)W of epicenterTajumulco(pop: 4,330)II: Very weakDepartamento de San MarcosGuatemala20 km (13 mi)S of epicenterSan Marcos(pop: 47,100)II: Very weakDepartamento de San MarcosGuatemala28 km (17 mi)SE of epicenterSan Carlos Sija(pop: 6,830)II: Very weakDepartamento de QuetzaltenangoGuatemala33 km (21 mi)SE of epicenterOstuncalco(pop: 51,800)II: Very weakDepartamento de QuetzaltenangoGuatemala36 km (22 mi)SW of epicenterSan Pablo(pop: 13,700)II: Very weakDepartamento de San MarcosGuatemala36 km (22 mi)W of epicenterTacana(pop: 6,440)II: Very weakDepartamento de San MarcosGuatemala36 km (22 mi)SE of epicenterLa Esperanza(pop: 16,500)II: Very weakDepartamento de QuetzaltenangoGuatemala37 km (23 mi)SW of epicenterEl Tumbador(pop: 8,860)II: Very weakDepartamento de San MarcosGuatemala38 km (24 mi)E of epicenterMomostenango(pop: 31,700)II: Very weakDepartamento de TotonicapanGuatemala39 km (24 mi)SE of epicenterSan Andres Xecul(pop: 15,100)II: Very weakMunicipio de San Andres Xecul, Departamento de TotonicapanGuatemala39 km (25 mi)SE of epicenterSan Francisco El Alto(pop: 57,900)II: Very weakDepartamento de TotonicapanGuatemala41 km (25 mi)SE of epicenterQuetzaltenango(pop: 180,700)II: Very weakDepartamento de QuetzaltenangoGuatemala42 km (26 mi)SW of epicenterMalacatan(pop: 92,800)II: Very weakDepartamento de San MarcosGuatemala42 km (26 mi)S of epicenterEl Quetzal(pop: 12,100)II: Very weakDepartamento de San MarcosGuatemala43 km (27 mi)SE of epicenterSalcaja(pop: 19,400)II: Very weakDepartamento de QuetzaltenangoGuatemala47 km (29 mi)W of epicenterCacahoatan(pop: 16,600)II: Very weakCacahoatan, Estado de ChiapasMexico48 km (30 mi)S of epicenterColomba(pop: 47,500)II: Very weakDepartamento de QuetzaltenangoGuatemala48 km (30 mi)SE of epicenterCantel(pop: 42,100)II: Very weakDepartamento de QuetzaltenangoGuatemala50 km (31 mi)S of epicenterCoatepeque(pop: 105,400)II: Very weakDepartamento de QuetzaltenangoGuatemala57 km (35 mi)SE of epicenterNahuala(pop: 27,700)II: Very weakDepartamento de SololaGuatemala57 km (36 mi)S of epicenterEl Palmar(pop: 15,200)II: Very weakDepartamento de QuetzaltenangoGuatemala59 km (37 mi)N of epicenterJacaltenango(pop: 37,200)II: Very weakDepartamento de HuehuetenangoGuatemala59 km (37 mi)NW of epicenterMotozintla(pop: 23,800)II: Very weakEstado de ChiapasMexico60 km (37 mi)S of epicenterSan Felipe(pop: 24,400)II: Very weakDepartamento de RetalhuleuGuatemala61 km (38 mi)S of epicenterEl Asintal(pop: 17,400)II: Very weakDepartamento de RetalhuleuGuatemala61 km (38 mi)SW of epicenterTapachula(pop: 353,700)II: Very weakEstado de ChiapasMexico61 km (38 mi)S of epicenterNuevo San Carlos(pop: 39,600)II: Very weakDepartamento de RetalhuleuGuatemala65 km (41 mi)S of epicenterSan Sebastian(pop: 29,200)II: Very weakDepartamento de RetalhuleuGuatemala66 km (41 mi)S of epicenterSan Francisco Zapotitlan(pop: 22,500)II: Very weakDepartamento de SuchitepequezGuatemala67 km (42 mi)NE of epicenterSoloma(pop: 49,000)II: Very weakDepartamento de HuehuetenangoGuatemala69 km (43 mi)SE of epicenterSan Pablo Jocopilas(pop: 20,400)II: Very weakDepartamento de SuchitepequezGuatemala72 km (45 mi)E of epicenterChichicastenango(pop: 141,600)II: Very weakDepartamento del QuicheGuatemala79 km (49 mi)SE of epicenterSantiago Atitlan(pop: 33,300)II: Very weakDepartamento de SololaGuatemala81 km (50 mi)SE of epicenterChicacao(pop: 60,700)II: Very weakDepartamento de SuchitepequezGuatemala144 km (90 mi)E of epicenterGuatemala City(pop: 994,900)I: Not feltMunicipio de Guatemala, Departamento de GuatemalaGuatemalaNotes:(*) Shaking intensity according to the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale (MMI) and estimated using seismic models.User-reports for this quakeThere are no user reports for this quake yet.If you felt it, be the first to report it!Get the Android appCompare Quake DataData for the same earthquake as reported by different agenciesThe more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.MagDepthTime GMT2026-07-18EpicenterAgency3.9137 km85 mi09:51:37GUATEMALAEMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)4.210 km6.2 mi(*)09:51:3264 Km al suroeste de San Marcos, Guatemala148 km (92 mi) epicenter difference with EMSCINETERNotes:(*) A depth given as 10 km often means that the the depth of the quake could be not determined with sufficient accuracy."; HTMLcontent += ""; mainMap.addToMap("station"+id, lat, lon, title,HTMLcontent); mainMap.map.panTo([lat,lon]); document.getElementById("map_canvas").scrollIntoView();}]]>SeismogramsSeismic station: COMITAN (CCIG/MX network) | Distance from quake: 134 km / 83 mi | Show on map | Station InfoSeismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.5-5.0 Hz. Source: NSF SAGE Facility IRISWS timeseriesplot Web ServiceSeismic station: Montecristo, El Salvador (SNET/SV network) | Distance from quake: 316 km / 196 mi | Show on map | Station InfoShow morePrevious quakes in the same area of this earthquake9 minutes agoJul 18, 2026 09:51 GMT / Jul 18, 2026 03:51 am (GMT -6)Lat / Lng: 15.14 / -91.75: GuatemalaSource: EMSCOther sources: INETER: 4.2 / 10 kmDetail info | You felt it? - Report it!',3.9,39, '#bb202a', 0.9,1.5, '#bb202a', 0.27);map2.addToMap('thisQuake',15.14,-91.75,'9 minutes ago: Mag. 3.9, Guatemala','Earthquake: Mag 3.9 / 137 km (85 mi) depth9 minutes agoJul 18, 2026 09:51 GMT / Jul 18, 2026 03:51 am (GMT -6)Lat / Lng: 15.14 / -91.75: GuatemalaSource: EMSCOther sources: INETER: 4.2 / 10 kmDetail info | You felt it? - Report it!','default'); // this will be local to this table obj function putQuakeOnMap(id,lat,lon,time,title,html,mag,zIndex) { qTableOlder.putQuakeOnMap(id,lat,lon,time,title,html,mag,zIndex); } map2.circleScale=0.5;qTableOlder.usePalette=1;qTableOlder.startVal=qTableOlder.referenceTime-(80*365.25*86400);qTableOlder.endVal=qTableOlder.referenceTime; qTableOlder.assignMap(map2); (async function(){await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r,4000));map2.map.setZoom(7)})(); })(); (function(){let done=false;async function loadPrevious(){if(done)return;done=true;while(typeof mkRequest=="undefined")await new Promise(r=>setTimeout(r,500));mkRequest("https://server2.allquakes.com/api/getPrevious.php?quakeId=23195495","get","",function(httpObj){let r=httpObj.responseText,d=document;if(""!=r&&200==httpObj.status){let o=JSON.parse(r);if(!o){let s=d.getElementById("olderQuakesSection");if(s)s.remove();return};let table=d.getElementById("qTableOlder");if(!table)return;table.innerHTML+=o.tableRows,qTableOlder.alternateBg();let ph=d.getElementById("placeholder_largestQText");if(ph)ph.innerHTML=o.html;let wrap=d.getElementById("sectionPreviousCWrap");if(wrap)wrap.style.display="";eval(o.js)}})}let d=document,target=d.getElementById("sectionPreviousCWrap")||d.getElementById("placeholder_largestQText")||d.getElementById("qTableOlder");if(!target||!("IntersectionObserver" in window)){loadPrevious();return}let obs=new IntersectionObserver(function(entries){if(entries.some(e=>e.isIntersecting)){obs.disconnect();loadPrevious()}},{rootMargin:"300px 0px"});obs.observe(target)})();]]>Sources: VolcanoDiscovery / VolcanoAdventures and other sources as noted.Use of material: Most text and images on our websites are owned by us. 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