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A magnitude 4.4 earthquake centered near Roatán in the Bay Islands struck on August 24 at 9:13 p.m., with no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

A 3.2-magnitude earthquake struck Santa Bárbara early Thursday at 4:28 a.m. with a depth of just 1 kilometer near Las Vegas, causing no reported injuries or damage but adding to recent seismic activity in Honduras.

A 3.3-magnitude earthquake centered about 18 kilometers north of Las Lajas in Comayagua struck late on August 16 at a depth of 5 kilometers with no reported injuries or damage; authorities also recorded two other seismic events in the region within 12 hours.

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake centered about 8 kilometers southeast of Duyure, Choluteca, struck on August 13 at shallow depth of 1 kilometer near the Nicaragua border; authorities are monitoring for aftershocks.

A Google earthquake alert reported a magnitude-4.6 tremor near San Lorenzo in Valle department on August 10, but Honduras's official seismic institute and emergency agency have not confirmed the event, which occurred amid heightened regional seismic attention following a 7.4 earthquake in Colombia.

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck off Central America's Pacific coast at a depth of 37 kilometers on the night of July 28, with Honduras's emergency agency COPECO monitoring seismic activity.

A shallow 3.1-magnitude earthquake struck 64 kilometers north of Tegucigalpa on July 21 at 12:35 a.m., with no reported injuries or damage.

A 5.7-magnitude quake off Chiapas and a 5.3-magnitude Caribbean tremor were felt in Honduras within 24 hours, with no damage reported; Copeco dismissed social-media megaquake predictions as unscientific.

Authorities warned Hondurans this weekend to limit outdoor exposure to elevated Sahara dust concentrations (30–60 micrograms per cubic meter, expected to rise), scattered rainfall in the north and west, and possible aftershocks from Friday's magnitude-7-plus earthquake off Mexico's Pacific coast.

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 94 kilometers south of Amapala in Valle on July 8, causing no reported damage, but seismic officials are urging Hondurans to prepare for potentially larger tremors given the country's high tectonic activity.

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake centered about 36 kilometers southeast of Froylán Turcios in Olancho on Monday caused no reported damage or injuries, authorities said.

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake occurred off the Pacific coast of Honduras on Friday morning, centered 132 kilometers southwest of La Virtud in Lempira, with no reported damage or injuries on land.

A magnitude-4.4 earthquake struck off Honduras's north coast early June 2, the second tremor in the Caribbean in less than 24 hours; authorities reported no damage or injuries from either event.

A magnitude 7.4 earthquake centered off Chiapas, Mexico, on Friday morning was felt across Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador but caused no reported deaths or severe structural damage, unlike twin Venezuelan quakes in June that killed thousands.