Guatemala

Brief · 19 September 2026

This is the most recent brief; none has been generated since 19 September 2026. The event list below is current.

Guatemala this week was affected by a regional drought spanning ten Central American and Caribbean countries, alongside an M4.6 earthquake within its own territory. The drought, covering 615,664 km² according to GDO via GDACS, has been tracked since 27 July 2026. The earthquake struck on or before 17 September at a depth of 66 km, with an estimated 186,113 people exposed.

Drought A drought affecting 615,664 km² across The Bahamas, Belize, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Mexico, Nicaragua, and El Salvador has been tracked since 27 July 2026, per GDO via GDACS.

Earthquake An M4.6 earthquake struck Guatemala at a depth of 66 km, with an estimated population exposure of 186,113, including about 190,000 people at MMI IV intensity, according to NEIC via GDACS.

• A drought affecting Guatemala and nine other countries, first tracked on 27 July 2026, is marked as a new event covering 615,664 km².

Summarised from Hazardly's tracked events for the seven days to 19 September 2026 · no external sources. Generated by claude-sonnet-5 at 19 Sept, 20:41 UTC, not reviewed by a person before publication. Outbreak lines name the disease and country only; WHO's bulletin text is on each outbreak's event page.