1607 Earthquake: Antigua, Guatemala
An earthquake struck Antigua, Guatemala in 1607. It killed 29 people.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- 1607
- Place
- Antigua, Guatemala
- Intensity
- 7 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Country
- Guatemala
The toll
- Deaths
- 29
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
- Houses destroyed
- Some (about 51 to 100)
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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
earthquakes in April in capital of Guatemala (Antigua de Guatemala), ending on 08 April. Houses collapsed and several deaths(reference #124, #14059)
1607 Oct 09. VII: Antigua. buildings cracked/ruined; 29 dead; aftershocks for 4-6 months (reference #14066)
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Sources
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 10891.