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EARTHQUAKE STRIKES GUATEMALA M6 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES GUATEMALA M6.2 DEEP FOCUS: 147 KM (91 MILES) 5:02 PM, MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2013 More lectures at Disasters Supercourse - http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/collections/collection52.htm 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 TIME WEDNESDAY, 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REGIONAL SEISMICITY AND PLATE TECTONICS A TSUNAMI WARNING WAS CONSIDERED AND WITHDRAWN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 M7.6 Shallow Depth 23,000 DEAD

LOCATION OF GUATEMALA EARTHQUAKE: FEBRUARY 4, 1976

DAMAGE: 1976 GUATEMALA EARTHQUAKE