EARTHQUAKE STRIKES GUATEMALA

M6.2DEEP FOCUS: 147 KM (91 MILES)

5:02 PM, MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2013

Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna,

Virginia, USA 

GUATEMALA EARTHQUAKE: MARCH 25, 2013

LOOKING AT THE SEISMOGRAM

PEOPLE OUTSIDE THEIR BUILDINGS

THE DEEP FOCAL DEPTH (147 KM) LESSENED THE DAMAGE

Residents were alarmed by the ground shaking, , , , But

Unlike the November 7, 2012 quake and the Feb. 4, 1976 quake, only light damage this time, and no deaths reported yet

N 7.4 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES SAN MARCOS STATE

GUATEMALA

10:35 AM LOCAL TIMEWEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2012

LOCATION MAP: NOV, 7, 2012

LOCATION

The quake, centered about 15 miles from the coastal city of Champerico occurred at a depth of 45 km (26 miles), and was felt throughout Central America and as far north as Mexico City.

LOCATION MAP: NOV, 7, 2012

REGIONAL SEISMICITY AND PLATE TECTONICS

A TSUNAMI WARNING WAS CONSIDERED AND

WITHDRAWN

ZONE OF NORTH AMERICAN, COCOS, AND CARIBBEAN PLATE INTERACTION

THE NOV. 7 EPICENTRAL REGION IS A

MOUNTAINOUS AREA

SEARCH AND RESCUE: PEOPLE BURIED IN SAND MINE

INITIAL REPORTS

At least 52 dead (with more likely), several hundred injured, and 125,000 without power.

TYPICAL DAMAGE: NOV. 7

DAMAGE: NOV 7

SEARCH AND RESCUE: NOV. 7

THE FEBRUARY 4, 1976 GUATEMALA EARTHQUAKE

DISASTER

M7.6Shallow Depth

23,000 DEAD

LOCATION OF GUATEMALA EARTHQUAKE: FEBRUARY 4, 1976

DAMAGE: 1976 GUATEMALA EARTHQUAKE