This page is checked once a day, so it can never be your tsunami warning. What it does answer is a narrower question: has the tsunami warning system said anything about Guatemala lately? Each day our data run reads the two US tsunami warning centres’ Atom feeds on tsunami.gov, opens the full text of each centre’s latest bulletin and records whether it names Guatemala.
If you are on the coast and feel a strong or long earthquake, do not wait for this page or for an official warning. The US National Weather Service says a tsunami could arrive within minutes: protect yourself during the shaking, then, as soon as you can move safely, go to high ground or inland, away from the water. For official updates after that, check tsunami.gov and follow Guatemala’s national authorities (the disaster agency CONRED’s bulletins are on our emergency alerts page).
Latest message from each warning centre
Pulled Nov 11, 2026 at 14:18 Guatemala time from tsunami.gov (NOAA / NWS).
PTWC international messages (the ones that cover Guatemala)
Earthquake: VANUATU, sea: Pacific · 2 message(s) · final message received
| Issued (Guatemala time) | Message | Magnitude | What it says about Guatemala (bulletin text) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-23 20:37 | PTWC TSUNAMI THREAT MESSAGE #1 | 7.2 | Does not name Guatemala. |
| 2026-10-23 21:28 | PTWC FINAL TSUNAMI THREAT MESSAGE #2 | 6.9 | Final message for this event. BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA... THE TSUNAMI THREAT FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE HAS NOW PASSED. |
Earthquake: PANAMA, sea: Pacific · 4 message(s) · final message received
| Issued (Guatemala time) | Message | Magnitude | What it says about Guatemala (bulletin text) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-09 12:01 | PTWC TSUNAMI THREAT MESSAGE #1 | 8.0 | HAZARDOUS TSUNAMI WAVES FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE NEXT THREE HOURS ALONG SOME COASTS OF PANAMA... COLOMBIA... COSTA RICA... ECUADOR... PERU... NICARAGUA... GUATEMALA... EL SALVADOR AND MEXICO Estimated first-wave arrival (Guatemala time): MONTERRICO SANT 14:36; PUERTO DE SAN J 14:41; TIQUISATE ESCUI 14:48; CHAMPERICO RETA 14:49; SIPACATE 14:53 |
| 2026-10-09 12:31 | PTWC TSUNAMI THREAT MESSAGE #2 | 7.6 | TSUNAMI WAVES ARE FORECAST TO BE LESS THAN 0.3 METERS ABOVE THE TIDE LEVEL FOR THE COASTS OF CHILE... COLOMBIA... COSTA RICA... EL SALVADOR... GUATEMALA... HONDURAS... MEXICO... NICARAGUA... AND PERU. |
| 2026-10-09 12:51 | PTWC TSUNAMI THREAT MESSAGE #3 | 7.6 | TSUNAMI WAVES ARE FORECAST TO BE LESS THAN 0.3 METERS ABOVE THE TIDE LEVEL FOR THE COASTS OF AMERICAN SAMOA... ANTARCTICA... AUSTRALIA... CHILE... CHUUK... COLOMBIA... COOK ISLANDS... COSTA RICA... ECUADOR... EL SALVADOR... FIJI... FRENCH POLYNESIA... GUAM... GUATEMALA... HAWAII... HOWLAND AND BAKER... INDONESIA... JAPAN... JARVIS ISLAND... JOHNSTON ATOLL... KERMADEC ISLANDS... KIRIBATI... [...] |
| 2026-10-09 13:39 | PTWC FINAL TSUNAMI THREAT MESSAGE #4 | 7.6 | Final message for this event. BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA... THE TSUNAMI THREAT FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE HAS NOW PASSED. |
These are read straight from PTWC's event folders on tsunami.gov (today and yesterday, UTC), because the Atom feed keeps only the centre's newest product, which after a big quake is often a Guam or Hawaii statement. Place names are truncated as in the bulletin.
Newest product of each centre (Atom feed)
| Warning centre | Latest message | Issued (Guatemala time) | Earthquake | Does the bulletin name Guatemala? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) | TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1 Category: Information NO TSUNAMI THREAT FROM A NEARBY EARTHQUAKE | 2026-11-08 00:34 | ABOUT 72 MILES NORTHWEST OF PUERTO RICO M 4.6(Ml) | No |
| National Tsunami Warning Center (NTWC) | Tsunami Information Statement Number 1 Category: Information THIS IS A TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT | 2026-11-10 19:51 | 65 miles SW of Port Alice, British Columbia M 4.7(Ml) | No |
Checked once a day, not live: for anything happening now, open tsunami.gov.
“Names Guatemala” is a plain text search of the full bulletin for the word GUATEMALA. It tells you whether the message mentions the country at all; the centre’s evaluation is in the bulletin itself, one click away in the Latest message column.
9 October 2026: the Panama earthquake and Guatemala’s Pacific coast
All times are Guatemala time.
- 11:56. The US Geological Survey recorded a magnitude 7.7 earthquake 12 km west-southwest of Pitaloza Arriba, Panama, about 13 km deep, and gave it a red alert for expected losses.
- 12:01. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center’s first international threat message (preliminary magnitude 8.0) said hazardous tsunami waves were possible within three hours along some coasts of nine countries, Guatemala among them. Its first-wave estimates for Guatemala were Monterrico 14:36, Puerto de San José 14:41, Tiquisate 14:48, Champerico 14:49 and Sipacate 14:53.
- 12:28. Guatemala’s seismology institute INSIVUMEH issued a tsunami alert bulletin based on PTWC’s data, warning that waves could arrive from 14:36 (La Hora). The government newspaper reported the alert for Santa Rosa, Escuintla and Retalhuleu, with CONRED asking people to keep away from the beaches (Diario de Centro América).
- 12:31. PTWC’s second message revised the magnitude to 7.6 and forecast waves of less than 0.3 metres above the tide level for Guatemala’s coasts; waves of 1 to 3 metres were possible only in Panama.
- 13:39. PTWC’s fourth and final message said the tsunami threat from this earthquake had passed.
- 13:50. INSIVUMEH ended its alert in a new bulletin (La Hora, above).
Our once-a-day check did not catch this while it was happening. When it ran at 15:56, PTWC’s feed showed only a later Guam statement about an aftershock (preliminary magnitude 6.9 in that statement, 6.6 in the USGS catalogue). That is the reason this page must never be your warning, and it is why the check now also reads PTWC’s international messages directly (table above).
Which centre speaks for Guatemala
The US Tsunami Warning System runs two centres, and each one publishes a separate feed:
| Centre | Where | Messages relevant to Guatemala |
|---|---|---|
| Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) | Honolulu, Hawaii | International messages for the Pacific and for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions |
| National Tsunami Warning Center (NTWC) | Palmer, Alaska | US and Canadian coasts; shown here for reference only |
Guatemala has a Pacific coast and a Caribbean coast, and PTWC’s international messages cover both seas. tsunami.gov describes the purpose of those messages as advising national authorities of PTWC’s evaluation of the threat “so they can determine, based on all information available to them, which alerts to issue for their coastlines, if any”.
The two kinds of international message
| Message | What tsunami.gov says it means | Public action tsunami.gov gives |
|---|---|---|
| Tsunami threat message | A potential or confirmed tsunami is forecast to affect some or all coasts; first-wave arrival estimates are given for select locations | Seek more information, follow instructions from national and local authorities |
| Tsunami information statement | An earthquake or tsunami of interest has occurred; according to tsunami.gov, in most cases there is no threat | No action suggested other than normal caution around the sea |
Warning, advisory, watch and information statement are the alert levels of the US domestic messages, which tsunami.gov says are issued for US and Canadian coastlines and the British Virgin Islands. Warning, advisory and watch are not words you will see in a message for Guatemala; an information statement is one of the two international message types as well, described in the table above.
The PTWC feed also carries the centre’s domestic messages for US territories, so not every entry is an international one. On 24 September 2026 its latest entry was a domestic information statement for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (header WECA42, issued 18 September 2026): a magnitude 4.6 earthquake in the vicinity of Puerto Rico, with no tsunami threat to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. That bulletin does not mention Guatemala.
Every message our check has seen
Pulled Nov 11, 2026 at 14:18 Guatemala time from tsunami.gov (NOAA / NWS).
| Issued (Guatemala time) | Centre | Message | Quake region | Magnitude | Names Guatemala? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-10 19:51 | PAAQ | Tsunami Information Statement Number 1 | 65 miles SW of Port Alice, British Columbia | 4.7(Ml) | No |
| 2026-11-08 00:34 | PHEB | TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1 | ABOUT 72 MILES NORTHWEST OF PUERTO RICO | 4.6(Ml) | No |
| 2026-11-04 23:01 | PAAQ | Tsunami Information Statement Number 1 | 75 miles SW of Eureka, California | 4.5(Ml) | No |
| 2026-11-01 05:32 | PAAQ | Tsunami Information Statement Number 1 | 45 miles NE of Homer, Alaska | 4.2(Ml) | No |
| 2026-10-24 20:27 | PHEB | TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1 | BONIN ISLANDS JAPAN REGION | 7.0(Mwp) | No |
| 2026-10-24 20:26 | PAAQ | Tsunami Information Statement Number 1 | in the Bonin Islands, Japan region | 7.0(Mwp) | No |
| 2026-10-23 21:28 | PHEB | PTWC FINAL TSUNAMI THREAT MESSAGE (WEPA40 2) | VANUATU | 6.9 | No |
| 2026-10-23 20:39 | PAAQ | Tsunami Information Statement Number 1 | near the Vanuatu Islands | 7.2(Mwp) | No |
| 2026-10-23 20:37 | PHEB | PTWC TSUNAMI THREAT MESSAGE (WEPA40 1) | VANUATU | 7.2 | No |
| 2026-10-20 04:45 | PAAQ | Tsunami Information Statement Number 1 | 45 miles SE of Sand Point, Alaska | 5.0(Ml) | No |
| 2026-10-19 22:31 | PHEB | TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1 | VANUATU | 6.6(Mwp) | No |
| 2026-10-15 21:47 | PAAQ | Tsunami Information Statement Number 1 | 415 miles SW of Bering I., Komandorski | 7.0(Mwp) | No |
| 2026-10-15 21:46 | PHEB | TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1 | NEAR THE EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA RUSSIA | 7.0(Mwp) | No |
| 2026-10-13 06:36 | PAAQ | Tsunami Information Statement Number 1 | near the central Mid-Atlantic Ridge | 6.8(Mwp) | No |
| 2026-10-13 06:34 | PHEB | TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1 | CENTRAL MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE | 6.8(Mwp) | No |
| 2026-10-09 14:37 | PAAQ | Tsunami Information Statement Number 1 | in Panama | 6.9(Mwp) | No |
| 2026-10-09 14:34 | PHEB | TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1 | PANAMA | 6.9(Mwp) | No |
| 2026-10-09 13:39 | PHEB | PTWC FINAL TSUNAMI THREAT MESSAGE (WEPA40 4) | PANAMA | 7.6 | No |
| 2026-10-09 12:51 | PHEB | PTWC TSUNAMI THREAT MESSAGE (WEPA40 3) | PANAMA | 7.6 | Yes |
| 2026-10-09 12:31 | PHEB | PTWC TSUNAMI THREAT MESSAGE (WEPA40 2) | PANAMA | 7.6 | Yes |
| 2026-10-09 12:01 | PHEB | PTWC TSUNAMI THREAT MESSAGE (WEPA40 1) | PANAMA | 8.0 | Yes |
| 2026-10-06 12:39 | PAAQ | Tsunami Information Statement Number 1 | 80 miles SE of Iliamna, Alaska | 5.3(Mwp) | No |
| 2026-09-29 15:09 | PAAQ | Tsunami Information Statement Number 1 | 230 miles N of Eugene, Oregon | 4.0(Mwp) | No |
| 2026-09-28 03:20 | PAAQ | Tsunami Information Statement Number 1 | 95 miles W of Port Alice, British Columbia | 5.0(mb) | No |
| 2026-09-27 15:56 | PHEB | TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1 | ABOUT 83 MILES WEST OF ISLA MONA | 5.2(Mwp) | No |
| 2026-09-25 15:44 | PAAQ | Tsunami Information Statement Number 1 | near the Loyalty Islands | 7.0(Mwp) | No |
| 2026-09-25 15:32 | PHEB | TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1 | LOYALTY ISLANDS | 7.0(Mwp) | No |
| 2026-09-18 07:25 | PHEB | TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1 | VICINITY OF PUERTO RICO | 4.6(Ml) | No |
| 2026-09-17 08:23 | PAAQ | Tsunami Information Statement Number 1 | 45 miles NE of Amukta Pass, Alaska | 6.3(Mwp) | No |
Log started 2026-09-24. On 24 September 2026 each Atom feed held one entry; if a centre issues and replaces messages between two daily checks, the ones in between do not appear here.
Related live pages
- Earthquakes in Guatemala: the seismic feed, with magnitude and location of recent quakes.
- Emergency alerts: CONRED’s own bulletins.
- Hurricane tracker and Pacific marine forecast for storm surge and sea state.
- Is Guatemala safe to travel to right now?: the combined status page.
Where the data comes from
tsunami.gov publishes one Atom feed per centre (PHEBAtom.xml for PTWC, PAAQAtom.xml for NTWC); on 24 September 2026 each feed held one entry. Our collector reads both feeds and each latest bulletin’s text once a day, keeps the last good copy if tsunami.gov cannot be reached, and prints the time of the last successful read above the table. Since 9 October 2026 it also opens PTWC’s event folders for today and yesterday (UTC) and reads every international message there (Pacific product WEPA40, Caribbean product WECA41), because the Atom feed keeps only the centre’s newest product. Message definitions were read from tsunami.gov’s Message Definitions page on 24 September 2026 (Guatemala time). What to do after a strong earthquake on the coast is from the US National Weather Service’s tsunami safety pages, read on 7 October 2026.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is there a tsunami warning for Guatemala right now?
The table on this page shows the latest message of each US tsunami warning centre at our last daily check, and whether that message’s full bulletin names Guatemala. It is a once-a-day check, not a live alert. If you are on the coast and feel a strong or long earthquake, the US National Weather Service says not to wait for an official warning: as soon as you can move safely, go to high ground or inland, away from the water. For official updates, open tsunami.gov and follow Guatemala’s national authorities.
Who issues tsunami messages for Guatemala?
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) in Honolulu issues the US international tsunami messages for the Pacific and for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions. According to tsunami.gov, those messages advise national authorities of PTWC’s evaluation, and the national authorities decide which alerts, if any, to issue for their own coastlines.
What is the difference between a tsunami threat message and an information statement?
In PTWC’s international messages there are only two types. A tsunami threat message is issued when a potential or confirmed tsunami is forecast to affect some or all coasts; tsunami.gov’s public action for it is to seek more information and follow instructions from national and local authorities. An information statement is issued when an earthquake or tsunami of interest has occurred; according to tsunami.gov, in most cases it indicates there is no threat.
Why does the page say warning, advisory and watch do not apply to Guatemala?
Warning, advisory, watch and information statement are the four alert levels of the US domestic messages, which tsunami.gov says are issued for US and Canadian coastlines and the British Virgin Islands. International messages to other countries do not include alerts; they carry PTWC’s threat evaluation for national authorities.
