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Not an earthquake?

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An "earthquake" (per the title) is not "a sequence of tremors" (as stated in the lead). Apparently one of these "tremors" was a rather significant M 5.6 — when, precisely, did it occur? Where is this documented? Were any other tremors of similar magnitude, or were these a main shock with fore- and/or after-shocks? Or could this have been a multiplet earthquake?

Note: several possible sources are listed at https://archive.org/stream/guatemalaearthqu00savirich/guatemalaearthqu00savirich_djvu.txt. Also: searching on Google Scholar finds several scientific sources; I particularly recommend White and Harlow's article of 1993. ♦ J. Johnson (JJ) (talk) 23:30, 13 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Considering the description and photos of the destruction in the Archive.org source, it seems unlikely that the mainshock was only M 5.6 and a whole 160 km away from Guatemala City. Notably, the epicentral coordinates are exactly the same as the ones on our 1976 Guatemala earthquake page -- is this really correct? Daß Wölf 17:24, 28 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]