- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 4, 1918 CE
- Location:
- Guatemala, Guatemala City
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 4 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- NOAA_SIGEQ
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.23
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.4
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.4
Other earthquake records of 1918 CE
- China, Guangdong Province · Ms 7.3 · 2,000 deaths
- Puerto Rico, Mona Passage · Mw 7.1 · 144 deaths
- Philippines, Mindanao: Cotabato · Mw 8.3 · 52 deaths
- Russia, Kuril Islands · Ms 8.3 · 23 deaths
- California, San Jacinto, Hemet · Mw 6.7 · 1 deaths
- Chile, Northern · Ms 7.9
Press of the period
Archive newspaper issues published within a few days of this event. These issues may not report the event itself; they offer a direct window onto the press of the period.
- VooruitJanuary 4, 1918open in archive ↗
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K · License: U.S. Government Work · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 1918 CE Earthquake — Guatemala, Guatemala City happen?
- January 4, 1918 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.
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