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The Sierra de los Cuchumatanes and enters the Sierra Madre in Guatemala. The Sierra Madre facing the country from west to east, running parallel to the Pacific and extends into Honduras by Cerro Oscuro. La Sierra de los Cuchumatanes, más al norte, se extiende hasta el norte del río Chixoy o Negro, donde se divide en dos grupos: los Cuchumatanes al oeste y las montañas Verapaz al este.
Guatemala es uno de los países más volcánicos del mundo. Destacan los de Tajumulco (4,220 msnm), el pico más alto de América Central, Volcán de Fuego (3,763 msnm), el de Santa María (3,772 msnm), el Volcán de Agua (3,763 msnm), el Volcán San Pedro, el Tolimán, a orillas del lago Atitlán.
Debido a sus múltiples plegamientos orográficos, Guatemala está sometida a constantes sismos y erupciones volcánicas. Una de las mayores tragedias que ha conocido the history of this country occurred in 1976, on the morning of Feb. 4, Guatemala awoke startled by a strong earthquake. It was 3:03:33. The destruction phase lasted only 49 seconds, and the intensity was 7.6 ° on the Richter scale.
The Motagua fault (comprising the departments of Huehuetenango and Quiché, Baja Verapaz, Zacapa and Izabal), which crosses 80% of Guatemalan territory, was the one that caused the earthquake. The epicenter was located 150 kilometers northwest of the city, near Gualán, Department of Zacapa and hypocenter at a depth of approximately 5 kilometers, causing thousands of deaths (about 23,000), and injuries (about 76,000) , and leaving home for more than a million people.
Guatemala es uno de los países más volcánicos del mundo. Destacan los de Tajumulco (4,220 msnm), el pico más alto de América Central, Volcán de Fuego (3,763 msnm), el de Santa María (3,772 msnm), el Volcán de Agua (3,763 msnm), el Volcán San Pedro, el Tolimán, a orillas del lago Atitlán.
Debido a sus múltiples plegamientos orográficos, Guatemala está sometida a constantes sismos y erupciones volcánicas. Una de las mayores tragedias que ha conocido the history of this country occurred in 1976, on the morning of Feb. 4, Guatemala awoke startled by a strong earthquake. It was 3:03:33. The destruction phase lasted only 49 seconds, and the intensity was 7.6 ° on the Richter scale.
The Motagua fault (comprising the departments of Huehuetenango and Quiché, Baja Verapaz, Zacapa and Izabal), which crosses 80% of Guatemalan territory, was the one that caused the earthquake. The epicenter was located 150 kilometers northwest of the city, near Gualán, Department of Zacapa and hypocenter at a depth of approximately 5 kilometers, causing thousands of deaths (about 23,000), and injuries (about 76,000) , and leaving home for more than a million people.
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