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Historic Earthquake
1921 Guatemala Earthquake
4 February 1921 · Guatemala
On 4 February 1921 at 08:22 UTC, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Guatemala, at a depth of 15 km. It occurred on the North American Plate, 148 km from its boundary with the Caribbean Plate (continental rift).
- Date
- 4 February 1921
- Time
- 08:22 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.1
- Depth
- 15 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VII (Mercalli)
- Plate
- North American Plate
- Country
- Guatemala
- Nearest Volcano
- Almolonga (124 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 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
- 1902Venustiano Carranza, Chiapas · M 7.8
- 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