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Historic Earthquake
1950 Guatemala Earthquake
23 October 1950 · San Marcos · Guatemala
On 23 October 1950 at 16:13 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Guatemala (San Marcos), at a depth of 65 km. It occurred on the North American Plate, 117 km from its boundary with the Cocos Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 23 October 1950
- Time
- 16:13 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Depth
- 65 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VIII (Mercalli)
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- North American Plate
- Country
- Guatemala
- Nearest Volcano
- Santa María (63 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20172017 Oaxaca and Chiapas Earthquake · M 8.298 deaths
- 20122012 Guatemala Earthquake · M 7.348 deaths
- 19821982 El Salvador Earthquake · M 7.343 deaths
- 1942Near S Coast · M 7.7
- 1935Tuxtla Gutierrez, Guatemala · M 7.3
- 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