1773 Guatemala earthquake

none August 2026 hist 1773 Guatemala earthquake yes Sanfranciscoantigua.JPG A damaged convent near Volcán de Agua Central America July 29, 1773 15:45 ~7.5 Mi Unknown 14.6 -90.7 region:GT_type:event inline,title At or near Antigua Guatemala VII – VIII 500–600 fatalities The 1773 Guatemala earthquake struck colonial Guatemala on July 29 at 15:45 local time.https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1002/report.pdf The Guatemalan earthquake of February 4, 1976, a preliminary report Espinosa A.F. 1976 Geological Survey Professional Paper United States Government Printing Office 7, 88 2018-03-21 It had an estimated epicentral magnitude of 7.5 Mi.https://books.google.com/books?id=xZp0mS_QWHMC&pg=PA394 William I. Rose Julian J. Bommer Dina L. Lopez Michael J. Carr Jon J. Major June 2004 Natural Hazards in El Salvador 394 Geological Society of America 978-0-8137-2375-4 It was part of a sequence that started in May that year. There were two strong foreshocks on June 11 and the mainshock was followed by numerous aftershocks which lasted until December 1773. The series of all these earthquakes is also referred to as the Santa Marta earthquake(s) as it had started on the feast day of Saint Martha. With an intensity of approximately VII (Very strong) to VIII (Severe) on the Mercalli intensity scale, the Santa Marta earthquakes destroyed much of Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala (modern Antigua Guatemala), which was at that time the colonial capital of Central America. About 500–600 people died immediately and at least another 600 died from starvation and disease as a result of the earthquake. The event had significant impact on the number of religious personnel in the area, especially the Mercedarian Order, with the count reduced almost by half and a similar reduction in the amount of income received.https://books.google.com/books?id=OVhH0V-tv8MC&pg=PA85 The Frontier Mission and Social Transformation in Western Honduras: The Order of Our Lady of Mercy, 1525–1773 Nancy Johnson Black 1997 Brill Academic Pub 85 978-90-04-10219-4 Relocation of the capital Spanish authorities had previously considered moving the capital to a different location after the devastation of the 1717 Guatemala earthquake and decided after the 1773 event not to rebuild the city. In 1776 the capital was moved to the new city of Guatemala of Asuncion, known today as Guatemala City. See also List of earthquakes in Guatemala List of historical earthquakes References es Breve Descripción de la Noble Ciudad de Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala y puntual noticia de su Lamentable Ruina ocasionada de un violento terremoto el día vientinueve de julio de 1773 Category:Earthquakes in Guatemala Category:1770s earthquakes Category:1773 disasters Guatemala Earthquake, 1773 Earthquake, 1773 Guatemala earthquake Earthquake, 1773