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The 1773 Guatemala earthquake struck colonial Guatemala on July 29 at 15:45 local time. [1] It had an estimated epicentral magnitude of 7.5 M i. [2] It was part of a sequence that started in May that year. There were two strong foreshocks on June 11 and the mainshock was followed by numerous aftershocks which lasted until December 1773. [1]
Antigua Guatemala (Spanish pronunciation: [anˈtiɣwa ɣwateˈmala]), commonly known as Antigua or La Antigua, is a city in the central highlands of Guatemala. The city was the capital of the Captaincy General of Guatemala from 1543 through 1773, with much of its Baroque -influenced architecture and layout dating from that period.
1751 Guatemala earthquake Antigua Guatemala: IX 1765-10-24 1765 Guatemala earthquake Ostuncalco, Quetzaltenango: 7.6–8.2 M i: VII Duration of shaking reported at 7–8 minutes. 1773-07-29 1773 Guatemala earthquake: Antigua Guatemala: 7.5 M w: VII–VIII 500–600 Severe damage in Antigua Guatemala and left most of the city in rubble. [6] [7 ...
Parish of San José (Spanish: Catedral de San José), located in the city of Antigua Guatemala, is part of the Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala and is located in a section of the old Primate Cathedral of Antigua Guatemala, which was destroyed by the 1773 Guatemala earthquakes. The first construction of the cathedral began in 1545 with the ...
The Iglesia y Convento de las Capuchinas is a notable convent and church in Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala. It is one of the finest examples of an 18th-century convent in Guatemala. [ 1 ] It was consecrated in 1736 but like the rest of the city suffered damage during the 1751 and 1773 earthquakes respectively, and was abandoned by order of the ...
Antigua, the capital of the Captaincy-General of Guatemala, was founded in the early 16th century. Built 1,500 m above sea-level, in an earthquake-prone region, it was largely destroyed by an earthquake in 1773 but its principal monuments are still preserved as ruins.
1773: June 13 - Thomas Young, English Egyptologist (d. 1829) [3] 1774: June 10 - Carl Haller von Hallerstein, German Greek archaeologist (d. 1817) 1776 January 4 - Bernardino Drovetti, Italian antiquarian and Egyptologist (d. 1852) March 12 - Lady Hester Stanhope, English archaeologist (d. 1839)
In 1773, the city of Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala was destroyed by the 1773 Guatemala earthquake ("Santa Marta earthquakes"); but as the Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes -or "Oratorio de la Merced", as it was known in the 19th century- was not it suffered major damage because it was practically new, it was still open for ...