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Historic Earthquake
1917 Guatemala Earthquake
26 December 1917 · Guatemala City · Guatemala
On 26 December 1917 at 04:30 UTC, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Guatemala (Guatemala City). It occurred on the North American Plate, 97 km from its boundary with the Caribbean Plate (continental rift). It killed at least 2,650 people. It is the 81st deadliest of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 26 December 1917
- Time
- 04:30 UTC
- Magnitude
- 6.0
- Maximum Intensity
- IX (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 2,650
- Plate
- North American Plate
- Country
- Guatemala
- Nearest Volcano
- Agua (22 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2001January 2001 El Salvador Earthquake · M 7.7844 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
- 1914Chiapas · M 7.5
- 1902Quezaltenango, San Marcos · M 7.52,000 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth