What the records say
- When
- 4 Feb 1976
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 15.32° N, 89.10° W
- Deaths
- 23000
- Injuries
- 76000
- Damage musd
- 2147
- Houses destroyed
- 255000
- Max water height m
- 0.12
- Source quake magnitude
- 7.5
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1976 Guatemala earthquake
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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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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