1. EARTHQUAKE STRIKES GUATEMALA M6
EARTHQUAKE STRIKES GUATEMALA M6.2 DEEP FOCUS: 147 KM (91 MILES) 5:02 PM, MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2013
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Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna, Virginia, USA 

2. GUATEMALA EARTHQUAKE: MARCH 25, 2013

3. LOOKING AT THE SEISMOGRAM

4. PEOPLE OUTSIDE THEIR BUILDINGS

5. 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

6. N 7.4 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES SAN MARCOS STATE GUATEMALA 10:35 AM LOCAL TIME WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2012

7. LOCATION MAP: NOV, 7, 2012

8. 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.

9. LOCATION MAP: NOV, 7, 2012

10. REGIONAL SEISMICITY AND PLATE TECTONICS
A TSUNAMI WARNING WAS CONSIDERED AND WITHDRAWN

12. ZONE OF NORTH AMERICAN, COCOS, AND CARIBBEAN PLATE INTERACTION

13. THE NOV. 7 EPICENTRAL REGION IS A MOUNTAINOUS AREA

14. SEARCH AND RESCUE: PEOPLE BURIED IN SAND MINE

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

16. TYPICAL DAMAGE: NOV. 7

17. DAMAGE: NOV 7

18. SEARCH AND RESCUE: NOV. 7

19. THE FEBRUARY 4, 1976 GUATEMALA EARTHQUAKE DISASTER M7.6 Shallow Depth
23,000 DEAD

20. LOCATION OF GUATEMALA EARTHQUAKE: FEBRUARY 4, 1976

21. DAMAGE: 1976 GUATEMALA EARTHQUAKE