Magnitude 4.6 Earthquake Hits Northern Honduras
Published on Honduras Daily · Aug 18, 2026 · Originally reported August 17, 2026 by HCH
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck off the Atlantic coast near Puerto Cortés at 4:07 p.m., followed eight minutes later by a 3.7 aftershock; the quake was felt in San Pedro Sula and Puerto Cortés.
An auto-translated English version isn’t available for HCH, so this opens the original in Spanish. Honduras Daily curates and summarizes; the reporting is theirs.