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1393:"The Guatemala earthquake of 1816 on the Chixoy-Polochic fault"
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Earthquake
Sources and Hazard in Northern Central America
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Olvera, Carlos; Villagrán, Juan Carlos, eds. (1996).
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1232:"Significant earthquakes in Guatemala"
1508:List of earthquakes in North America
297:and left most of the city in rubble.
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1355:(in Spanish). Guatemala: CIG, CONE,
1346:"Terremotos anteriores en Guatemala"
1313:Moncada Maya, J. Omar (5 May 2003).
1114:. Michigan Technological University
821:January 2001 El Salvador earthquake
1259:Cáceres Calix; José Diego (2003).
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1325:(444). Universidad de Barcelona.
1029:Modified Mercalli intensity scale
1621:Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1179:"Marco tectĂłnico para Guatemala"
1146:"Marco tectĂłnico para Guatemala"
941:2014 Mexico–Guatemala earthquake
562:March 1976 Guatemala earthquake
1772:Lists of earthquakes by country
1370:Issues in Urban Earthquake Risk
1418:Natural Hazards in El Salvador
1268:. Upsala: Uppsala University.
117:depth of just 5 km. This
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1450:. Retrieved on July 28, 2008.
1422:Geological Society of America
1368:; Christina N. Hwang (eds.).
1283:Marshall, Jeffrey S. (2007).
1202:"Terremoto de 1773 Guatemala"
1777:Lists of events in Guatemala
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1468:- Earthquake information by
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1442:Seismic data of Guatemala
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1041:Map all coordinates using
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1767:Earthquakes in Guatemala
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1716:Saint Martin
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311:Alta Verapaz
150:
130:
101:
44:
43:
15:
1706:Puerto Rico
1616:Saint Lucia
1566:El Salvador
1177:INSIVUMEH.
1162:INSIVUMEH.
996:2022-02-16
991:Landslides
966:2017-06-14
937:2014-07-07
910:2013-09-07
877:2012-11-07
850:2011-09-19
817:2001-01-13
783:1998-01-10
756:1995-12-19
729:1993-09-10
696:1991-09-11
669:1988-11-03
639:1985-10-11
613:1979-10-27
587:1978-07-29
559:1976-03-12
518:1976-02-04
497:1959-02-20
467:1942-07-06
439:1918-01-04
406:1917-12-26
376:1914-03-08
337:1902-04-18
302:1816-07-22
268:1773-07-29
237:1765-10-24
185:1717-09-29
147:Earthquakes
69:Cocos plate
45:Earthquakes
40:(pink line)
1761:Categories
1701:Montserrat
1696:Martinique
1691:Guadeloupe
1546:Costa Rica
1336:2010-02-28
1241:2020-04-22
1208:2010-02-27
1118:2010-03-15
1099:References
975:San Marcos
904:San Marcos
886:Retalhuleu
826:San Miguel
811:San Marcos
736:San Marcos
363:800–2,000
244:Ostuncalco
115:hypocenter
104:1976 quake
93:Jalpatagua
1686:Greenland
1601:Nicaragua
1576:Guatemala
1466:Guatemala
1357:INSIVUMEH
1331:1138-9796
1142:INSIVUMEH
476:Escuintla
287:VII–VIII
252:7.6–8.2 M
164:Location
49:Guatemala
1651:Anguilla
1586:Honduras
1556:Dominica
1531:Barbados
1412:(2004).
1034:See also
800:VI–VIII
663:Uspantán
646:Uspantán
550:see also
367:see also
328:see also
290:500–600
141:Uspantán
85:tectonic
63:and the
1681:Curaçao
1666:Bonaire
1661:Bermuda
1591:Jamaica
1571:Grenada
1526:Bahamas
1252:Sources
857:Cuilapa
705:Pochuta
544:23,000
429:VII–IX
400:Cuilapa
383:Cuilapa
177:Deaths
53:Motagua
1606:Panama
1596:Mexico
1541:Canada
1536:Belize
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763:TucurĂş
594:PatzĂşn
531:Belize
180:Notes
161:Event
113:and a
95:, and
1656:Aruba
1581:Haiti
1349:(PDF)
1288:(PDF)
1266:(PDF)
1009:6.2 M
979:6.9 M
956:VIII
950:6.9 M
921:6.7 M
890:7.4 M
861:5.6 M
836:VIII
830:7.7 M
794:6.6 M
767:5.3 M
740:7.2 M
709:5.3 M
680:6.0 M
650:5.0 M
624:6.8 M
598:4.5 M
570:5.1 M
535:7.5 M
504:Ixcán
480:7.7 M
452:6.0 M
423:5.6 M
387:5.0 M
354:7.5 M
315:7.5 M
281:7.5 M
213:1751
198:7.4 M
158:Date
89:Mixco
1726:Saba
1551:Cuba
1426:ISBN
1378:ISBN
1327:ISSN
1323:VIII
1300:ISBN
1270:ISBN
899:139
896:VII
809:and
715:VII
656:VII
576:VII
432:250
258:VII
168:Mag.
55:and
1056:KML
1015:VI
985:VI
927:VI
867:VI
773:IV
718:25
686:VI
606:17
541:IX
489:38
486:IX
458:VI
395:60
360:IX
324:23
321:IX
226:IX
204:IX
173:MMI
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