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February 4 1976 Earthquake Rocks Guatemala City

February 4th 2012 00:01
On February 4th 1976, in the very early morning hours, a massive earthquake leveled much of Guatemala City, killing 23,000 people and leaving 1 million others homeless.

It was 3:04 a.m. when the first large tremor, centered six miles under the Earth’s surface 120 miles northwest of Guatemala City, struck. The 7.5 magnitude quake was the result of a clash between the Caribbean and North American plates on the Motagua Fault. In a matter of minutes, about one third of the city was destroyed. All over the city, sleeping residents were crushed and killed when their weak adobe homes collapsed on top of them.

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Comment by Anonymous

February 27th 2009 00:55
im doing this for a report know one even writes anthing by the way


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