Earthquakes in Belize

This Belize page is built for quick answers: what shook recently, and what are the historically largest events we list for Belize. The Central American volcanic arc sits above the Cocos–Caribbean subduction zone, producing frequent moderate-to-large thrust earthquakes and volcanic-tectonic sequences. Switch between an Belize earthquake map style view, stronger events such as M4+ earthquakes in Belize, and the story of the biggest earthquake in Belize history—without drifting away from Belize.