Earthquake — Guatemala: Chimaltenango, Guatemala City

When

4 Feb 1976

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

7.5

Where

Guatemala

Coordinates

15.32° N, 89.10° W

Deaths

23000

Injuries

76000

Damage musd

2147

Houses destroyed

255000

Intensity mmi

9

Depth km

5

February 1976 earthquake in Guatemala

The 1976 Guatemala earthquake struck on February 4 at 03:01:43 local time with a moment magnitude of 7.5. The shock was centered on the Motagua Fault, about 160 km northeast of Guatemala City at a depth of 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) near the town of Los Amates in the department of Izabal.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The 7.5 Guatemala earthquake affects Guatemala and Honduras with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving 23,000 dead and 76,000 injured”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “В Гватемале и Гондурасе произошло землетрясение магнитудой 7,5, в результате которого погибли 22 870 человек”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “un terremoto de 7,5 deja en Guatemala un saldo de 23.000 muertos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “グアテマラ地震 (1976年)が発生。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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