LOCATION MAP: NOV, 7, 2012

N 7.4 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES SAN

MARCOS STATE

GUATEMALA

10:35 AM LOCAL TIME

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2012

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.

LOCATION MAP: NOV, 7, 2012

REGIONAL SEISMICITY

AND PLATE TECTONICS

A TSUNAMI WARNING WAS

CONSIDERED AND

WITHDRAWN

ZONE OF NORTH

AMERICAN, COCOS, AND CARIBBEAN

PLATE INTERACTION

THE NOV. 7 EPICENTRAL

REGION IS A

MOUNTAINOUS AREA

SEARCH AND RESCUE: PEOPLE

BURIED IN SAND MINE

INITIAL REPORTS

At least 52 dead (with more

likely), several hundred injured, and

125,000 without power.

TYPICAL DAMAGE: NOV. 7

DAMAGE: NOV 7

SEARCH AND RESCUE: NOV. 7

THE FEBRUARY 4, 1976

GUATEMALA EARTHQUAKE

DISASTER

23,000 DEAD

LOCATION OF GUATEMALA

EARTHQUAKE: FEBRUARY 4, 1976

DAMAGE: 1976 GUATEMALA

EARTHQUAKE