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7.4 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES SAN MARCOS STATE GUATEMALA 10:35 AM LOCAL TIME WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2012 Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction,

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1 7.4 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES SAN MARCOS STATE GUATEMALA 10:35 AM LOCAL TIME WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2012 Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA

2 LOCATION MAP: NOV, 7, 2012

3 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.

4 LOCATION MAP: NOV, 7, 2012

5 REGIONAL SEISMICITY AND PLATE TECTONICS A TSUNAMI WARNING WAS CONSIDERED AND WITHDRAWN

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7 ZONE OF NORTH AMERICAN, COCOS, AND CARIBBEAN PLATE INTERACTION

8 THE NOV. 7 EPICENTRAL REGION IS A MOUNTAINOUS AREA

9 SEARCH AND RESCUE: PEOPLE BURIED IN SAND MINE

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

11 TYPICAL DAMAGE: NOV. 7

12 DAMAGE: NOV 7

13 SEARCH AND RESCUE: NOV. 7

14 THE FEBRUARY 4, 1976 GUATEMALA EARTHQUAKE DISASTER 23,000 DEAD

15 LOCATION OF GUATEMALA EARTHQUAKE: FEBRUARY 4, 1976

16 DAMAGE: 1976 GUATEMALA EARTHQUAKE

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