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 the ground has just shaken hard on the coast, do not wait for this page: open 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 Sep 25, 2026 at 12:45 Guatemala time from tsunami.gov (NOAA / NWS).
| 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 | 2026-09-18 07:25 | VICINITY 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 | 2026-09-17 08:23 | 45 miles NE of Amukta Pass, Alaska M 6.3(Mwp) | 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.
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. They are not the words you will see in a message for Guatemala.
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 Sep 25, 2026 at 12:45 Guatemala time from tsunami.gov (NOAA / NWS).
| Issued (Guatemala time) | Centre | Message | Quake region | Magnitude | Names Guatemala? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. Message definitions were read from tsunami.gov’s Message Definitions page on 24 September 2026 (Guatemala time).
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: for anything happening now, open tsunami.gov directly 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.
