1991 Guatemala earthquake

February 1976 earthquake in Guatemala 1991 Guatemala earthquake 1991-09-18 09:48:13 320287 usp0004wrv 1991 09 18 03:48 Guatemala w y 6.2 10 km mi 0 14.646 -90.986 region:GT_type:event inline,title Strike-slip Guatemala 7 25 fatalities, >200 injured The 1991 Guatemala earthquake occurred on September 18 at 3:48 a.m. local time. The epicenter was 60 miles southwest of Guatemala City. The shock was assigned a magnitude of 5.3 on the Richter scale,1991-09-19 Quake kills 11 in Guatemala Reuters https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/national/1991/09/19/quake-kills-11-in-guatemala/7f23f580-9cc2-428c-beb7-4dedf6071b85/ 2024-06-29 The Washington Post 0190-8286 later assigned with a magnitude of 6.2.M 6.2 – 4 km SE of Patzún, Guatemala 1991 usp0004wrv It caused 25 deaths, over 200 injuries and left 1,000 people without homes.Significant Earthquake Information 1972 https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/5306 29 June 2024 National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS): NCEI/WDS Global Significant Earthquake Database. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information 10.7289/V5TD9V7K National Geophysical Data Center The coastline of Guatemala lies above the convergent boundary where the Cocos plate is being subducted beneath the North American plate or Caribbean plate along the line of the Middle America Trench. The northern part of the country hosts the Motagua Fault and Chixoy-Polochic Fault, The Motagua Fault was the source of many destructive earthquakes in Northern Guatemala, most notably the 1976 Guatemala earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5.Aubouin Jean Stephan Jean Francois Renard Vincent Roump Jacqueline Lonsdale Peter November 1981 Subduction of the Cocos plate in the Mid America Trench https://www.nature.com/articles/294146a0 Nature 294 5837 146–150 10.1038/294146a0 29451269 1981Natur.294..146A 1476-4687 subscription 2006-04-21 USGS Earthquake Hazards Program: Historic Earthquakes https://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world/events/1976_02_04.php 2024-06-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20060421092334/https://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world/events/1976_02_04.php 2006-04-21 See also List of earthquakes in 1991 List of earthquakes in Guatemala References earthquake Guatemala Category:Earthquakes in Guatemala Category:September 1991 in North America