Largest earthquakes in or near Guatemala on record since 1900 - list, stats and map

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Since 1900, Guatemala has had 70 quakes of magnitudes up to 7.9:

11 quakes above magnitude 7
59 quakes between magnitude 6 and 7

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Latest: Mag. 6.1 Earthquake Chiapas, Mexico -

Strongest: Mag. 7.9 Earthquake Chalatenango, 40 km NE of San Salvador, San Salvador, n/a -

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Showing quakes since 1900magnitude 6.3 or higher, within up to 100 km (62 mi) distance (70 quakes):

Largest earthquakes in or near Guatemala on record since 1900 - list, stats and map
Date and Time	Mag Depth	Nearest Volcano	Location	Details
Sep 25, 1968 05:38 am (Mexico City)	6.1 125 km	48 km (30 mi) to the W	Chiapas, Mexico	Info
Tuesday, April 28, 1959 GMT (1 quake)
Apr 28, 1959 06:09 am (Mexico City)	6.5 25 km	7 km (4.3 mi) to the SW	offshore Chiapas, Mexico	Info
Saturday, January 24, 1959 GMT (1 quake)
Jan 24, 1959 01:42 pm (GMT -6)	6.0 35 km	52 km (32 mi) to the SW	offshore Chiapas, Mexico	Info
Thursday, March 21, 1957 GMT (1 quake)
Mar 21, 1957 02:44 am (GMT -6)	6.0 25 km	75 km (47 mi) to the SW	offshore Chiapas, Mexico	Info
Saturday, September 3, 1955 GMT (1 quake)
Sep 3, 1955 06:36 am (Guatemala)	6.4 44 km	23 km (14 mi) to the S	offshore Guatemala	Info
Sunday, August 28, 1955 GMT (1 quake)
Aug 28, 1955 02:13 pm (GMT -6)	6.7 45 km	27 km (17 mi) to the S	offshore Guatemala	Info
Thursday, October 21, 1954 GMT (1 quake)
Oct 21, 1954 12:51 am (Guatemala)	6.1 66 km		Guatemala	Info
Friday, February 5, 1954 GMT (1 quake)
Feb 5, 1954 09:18 am (Mexico City)	6.1 0 km	100 km (62 mi) to the NW	Chiapas	Info
Tuesday, November 17, 1953 GMT (1 quake)
Nov 17, 1953 07:29 am (GMT -6)	6.8 25 km	92 km (57 mi) to the SW	offshore Guatemala	Info
Wednesday, July 29, 1953 GMT (1 quake)
Jul 29, 1953 12:15 pm (GMT -6)	6.0 25 km	77 km (48 mi) to the S	North Pacific Ocean, 88 km southwest of Sonsonate, Sonsonate, El Salvador	Info
Monday, April 2, 1951 GMT (1 quake)
Apr 1, 1951 06:13 pm (GMT -6)	6.0 55 km	59 km (37 mi) to the S	offshore El Salvador	Info

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Estimated combined seismic energy released: 1.3 x 10¹⁷ joules (34997 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 3 x 10⁷ tons of TNT or 1882 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy

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