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Honduras registered over 1,600 seismic events from 2023 through July 2026, mostly minor, with concentrations in Cortés, Comayagua, and the Gulf of Fonseca driven by tectonic-plate movement and faults, though none caused reported damage.

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 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 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.