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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 .
Guatemala, Izabal Department: 7.5: 5.0: IX The 1976 Guatemala earthquake caused major destruction in Guatemala. 23,000 people died and 76,000 were injured. Major damage was caused to property and infrastructure. Damage costs were $2.147 billion (1976 rate). Many aftershocks followed with additional damage being caused to weakened structures ...
The Motagua Fault has been responsible for several major earthquakes in Guatemala's history, including the 7.5 M w Guatemala 1976 earthquake, and is also notable for its significant visible fault trace. [4] The event caused 2 meters of vertical displacement and ruptured 230 km of the fault's length.
1959 Guatemala earthquake Ixcán: 1976-02-04 1976 Guatemala earthquake: Guatemala City, Belize: 7.5 M w: IX 23,000 Extreme damage, see also Motagua Fault: 1976-03-12 March 1976 Guatemala earthquake [8] Chimaltenango: 5.1 M w: VII 4 Aftershock. 1978-07-29 1978 Patzún earthquake [8] Patzún: 4.5 M s: 17 1979-10-27 1979 Guatemala earthquake [8 ...
A strong earthquake shook the border of Mexico and Guatemala early Sunday, driving frightened residents into the streets. The temblor struck just before 6 a.m. near the Mexican border town of ...
The state typically experiences between 10 and 20 earthquakes above magnitude 2.0 each year, said Andy Newman, a professor of geophysics at Georgia Tech. As for what’s behind the recent shakes ...
NBC News obtained access to the WeChat profile of one Chinese snakehead who claims to have moved over 100 people to the U.S. in the last year. He regularly posts videos of migrants on the trail ...
1976 Bali earthquake; 1976 Çaldıran–Muradiye earthquake (Turkey) 1976 Friuli earthquake (Italy) 1976 Guatemala earthquake; 1976 Moro Gulf earthquake (Philippines) (great, tsunami) 1976 Papua earthquake (Indonesia) 1976 Songpan–Pingwu earthquake (China) 1976 Tangshan earthquake (China) (great), also known as the "Great Tangshan earthquake"