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Historic Earthquake
1902 Guatemala Earthquake
19 April 1902 · Quezaltenango, San Marcos · Guatemala
On 19 April 1902 at 02:23 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Guatemala (Quezaltenango, San Marcos), at a depth of 33 km. It occurred on the North American Plate, 70 km from its boundary with the Caribbean Plate (continental rift). It killed at least 2,000 people. It is the 99th deadliest of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 19 April 1902
- Time
- 02:23 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Depth
- 33 km
- Deaths
- 2,000
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- North American Plate
- Country
- Guatemala
- Nearest Volcano
- Fuego (54 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20122012 Guatemala Earthquake · M 7.348 deaths
- 2001January 2001 El Salvador Earthquake · M 7.7844 deaths
- 19821982 El Salvador Earthquake · M 7.343 deaths
- 19761976 Guatemala Earthquake · M 7.523,000 deaths
- 1950San Marcos · M 7.5
- 1942Near S Coast · M 7.7
- 1935Tuxtla Gutierrez, Guatemala · M 7.3
- 1915El Salvador · M 7.77 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth