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Historic Earthquake
1978 Guatemala Earthquake
29 July 1978 · Patzun · Guatemala
On 29 July 1978 at 14:37 UTC, a magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck Guatemala (Patzun), at a depth of 10 km. It occurred on the North American Plate, 139 km from its boundary with the Caribbean Plate (continental rift). It killed at least 17 people.
- Date
- 29 July 1978
- Time
- 14:37 UTC
- Magnitude
- 4.5
- Depth
- 10 km
- Deaths
- 17
- Plate
- North American Plate
- Country
- Guatemala
- Nearest Volcano
- Volcán Tolimán (31 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