Guatemala Security Alerts — Official Sources

Source Coverage for Guatemala

2 official sources from this country's own government, plus 2 foreign government feeds.

Coverage grade: Standard. At least one of the feeds read for Guatemala comes from its own government.

Host-government sources: 2
Foreign-government sources: 2
Total monitored sources for Guatemala: 4

Sources monitored for Guatemala

These are the 4 feeds the tracker reads for Guatemala. Each one is named so you can check it at source.

Guatemala CONRED (TIER 1, this country's own government, hazard warnings)
Guatemala INSIVUMEH (TIER 1, this country's own government, hazard warnings)
UK FCDO travel advice: Guatemala (TIER 1, another government's feed, security and incidents)
US Embassy Guatemala (TIER 1, another government's feed, security and incidents)

Source freshness for every feed is published on the coverage page. How items are classified is set out in the methodology.

Also serving this page

4 other sources published items shown on this page. They are not on the monitored list for Guatemala above, so they are named here.

Canada Travel Advice
Prensa Latina
US State Dept Travel Advisories
USGS Earthquakes

Current Alerts — Guatemala

7 active alerts. Last scan: 16 Sep 2026, 06:27 UTC.

[MONITOR] USGS Earthquakes: M 5.0 - 60 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala. Magnitude 5 earthquake at 10 km depth — 60 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala. Reported by the U.S. Geological Survey. International source, reporting on this country. 16 Sep 2026, 03:45 UTC Read at source
[MONITOR] Guatemala INSIVUMEH: [Translated] INSIVUMEH maintains constant monitoring of active volcanoes in Guatemala. The monitoring of a volcano requires much more than observing its activity. Behind each data point, record and… 11 Sep 2026, 22:15 UTC Read at source
[MONITOR] Canada Travel Advice: Guatemala: Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories). Editorial change — The Health section was updated - travel health information (Public Health Agency of Canada) International source, reporting on this country. 9 Sep 2026, 13:13 UTC Read at source
[MONITOR] UK FCDO travel advice: Guatemala: Guatemala travel advice. Removal of information about Fuego volcanic activity ('Warnings and insurance' page). Foreign government source: United Kingdom, reporting on this country. 13 Aug 2026, 13:45 UTC Read at source
[MONITOR] US State Dept Travel Advisories: Guatemala - Level 3: Reconsider Travel. There was no change to the advisory level. The “terrorism” risk indicator was added. Advisory summary was updated. Reconsider travel to Guatemala due to crime… International source, reporting on this country. 12 Mar 2026, 00:00 UTC Read at source
[BACKGROUND] Prensa Latina [State media: Cuba]: [Translated] Guatemala: Fuel prices continue to rise, more pressure on wallets. Guatemala City, 16 Sep (Prensa Latina)… Foreign government source: Cuba, reporting on this country. 16 Sep 2026, 05:02 UTC Read at source
[BACKGROUND] Guatemala CONRED: [Translated] Let the torches be celebrated with prevention and safety. Press Release 290-2026 The torch relay is part of the activities for the 205 years of Independence of Guatemala, this as an… 11 Sep 2026, 22:54 UTC Read at source

Silence on this page is a record of what the monitored sources published. It is not a safety assessment for Guatemala.

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A claim can start on one account, get republished by a state outlet, and reach you a week later as a regional news story with nothing on it to say where it began. Every alert here names the source that published it, whose outlet that is, and when it went out. Sicuro Group has worked in risk and resilience since 2005, and from Dubai since 2008.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Does Sicuro Group monitor Guatemala?

Yes. 2 official sources from this country's own government, plus 2 foreign government feeds. Every feed read for Guatemala is named on this page. The ones wired to Guatemala carry their tier and what they cover.

Are there active alerts for Guatemala right now?

As of 16 Sep 2026, 06:27 UTC, 7 alerts for Guatemala are in the live brief, including 0 classified IMMEDIATE.

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Why do some alerts show no text?

Some items are listed by source, urgency and time, with a link to the original and no text of ours. That covers every commercial wire item, and any official item that quotes one. The tracker points at reporting rather than reproducing it. Other government and state-agency items carry a short factual line with the same link.

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