1576 Earthquake: Guatemala

Date

1576

Place

Guatemala

Intensity

7 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

14.600° N, 90.700° W

Country

Guatemala

Damage

Severe (about $5 to $25 million)

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

• February 4, 1976, Chimaltenango, Guatemala CityM7.5 · 23,000 deaths · $2.1 billion · 255,000 houses destroyed · 190 km
• December 26, 1917, Guatemala CityM6 · 2,650 deaths · 11 km
• April 19, 1902, Quezaltenango, San Marcos, GuatemalaM7.5 · 2,000 deaths · 74 km
• October 10, 1986, San Salvador, El SalvadorM5.4 · 1,100 deaths · $1.5 billion · 191 km
• April 14, 1854, San Salvador, El Salvador1,000 deaths · 185 km
• June 3, 1773, St. Jago, Guatemala600 deaths · 0 km
• September 3, 1874, Antigua,chimaltenango,amatitlan, GuatemalaM7.1 · 300 deaths · 11 km
• February 26, 1902, El Salvador-GuatemalaM7 · 185 deaths · 178 km
• May 3, 1965, San Marcos, El SalvadorM6 · 125 deaths · $35 million · 194 km
• July 29, 1773, Antigua, GuatemalaM7.5 · 100 deaths · 0 km
• April 20, 1765, Chiquimula, El Salvador, Guatemala50 deaths · 190 km
• November 7, 2012, San Marcos, San Cristobal Cochu, GuatemalaM7.3 · 48 deaths · $210 million · 2,769 houses destroyed · 146 km
• June 19, 1982, San Salvador, Guatemala, El SalvadorM7.3 · 43 deaths · $5 million · 200 km
• September 18, 1991, Guatemala City, Pachuta, SololaM6.2 · 25 deaths · 31 km
• July 22, 1816, Soloma, GuatemalaM7.5 · 23 deaths · 132 km

Significant earthquakes of 1576The 1500sRecent earthquakes near here

Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 10890.