What the records say
- When
- 3 Jun 1773
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Where
- Guatemala
- Coordinates
- 14.60° N, 90.70° W
- Deaths
- 600
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1773 Guatemala earthquake
The 1773 Guatemala earthquake struck colonial Guatemala on July 29 at 15:45 local time. It had an estimated epicentral magnitude of 7.5 Mi. It was part of a sequence that started in May that year. There were two strong foreshocks on June 11 and the mainshock was followed by numerous aftershocks which lasted until December 1773.
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- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “July 29 (Feast of St Martha) – Guatemala earthquake: The Santa Marta earthquake hits, with an estimated epicentral magnitude of 7.5 Mi, striking Guatemala”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “29 de julio Un terremoto de 7,5 sacude Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala, causando gran destrucción y un saldo de 600 muertos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page