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Historic Earthquake
1942 Guatemala Earthquake
6 August 1942 · Near S Coast · Guatemala
On 6 August 1942 at 23:37 UTC, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Guatemala (Near S Coast), at a depth of 35 km. It occurred on the North American Plate, 65 km from its boundary with the Caribbean Plate (continental rift).
- Date
- 6 August 1942
- Time
- 23:37 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.7
- Depth
- 35 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VIII (Mercalli)
- Plate
- North American Plate
- Country
- Guatemala
- Nearest Volcano
- Fuego (74 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
- 1935Tuxtla Gutierrez, Guatemala · M 7.3
- 1915El Salvador · M 7.77 deaths
- 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