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The Managua earthquake of 1972 was a magnitude 6.2 earthquake magnitude Richter Seismological destroyed the capital of Nicaragua, at 12:35 am (06:35 UTC) on Saturday December 23, 1972 (on the eve Christmas), lasting 30 seconds, followed by two aftershocks of 5.0 and 5.2 degrees at 1:18 am and 1:20 a.m. (07:18 and 07:20 UTC), respectively, nearly an hour after first quake, with its epicenter in the Lake Managua 2 kilometers northeast of the power plant in Managua Tiscapa.1 failure destroyed the city center and caused about 19.320 deaths and 20,000 injuries, although no one knows the exact number of deaths because there were bodies that were never pulled from the rubble by rescuers and abroad and that the decomposition caused a strong stench for nearly five months until the arrival of the rainy season in May 1973. Fires caused by the disaster lasted two weeks until January 6, 1973, due to the breakdown of the water line and the collapse of the two Meritorious barracks Managua Fire Department, located in the Candelaria neighborhood and opposite the National Stadium, collapsed crushing units. This forced the fire services departments Carazo, Granada, Leon, Masaya yMatagalpa to go to Managua to extinguish the fire was electrical energy in most of the country because it was centralized in the capital at that time. The destruction was compared with that of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, after the explosion of the atomic bombs on 6 and 9 August 1945 respectively, at the end of World War II.

The earthquake, its aftershocks and magnitude

At 00:35 hours on Saturday 23 strong in Managua shook for 30 seconds because of an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 degrees on Richter scale, whose epicenter was in the Lake Managua 2 miles northeast of Managua Power Plant, located on the banks of the lake, causing the greatest destruction in the center of the capital, as the quake caused the faults were activated Tiscapa, Banks, Chico Pelon (three in the center), the School and the airport is last call because passes under the Managua International Airport, which at that time was called the Mercedes International Airport. Failure Stadium (National elEstadio crossing Denis Martinez), causing the 1931 earthquake was not activated this time. It was the second time in 41 years, 8 months and 23 days that shook the city by a strong earthquake. At 1:18 and 1:20 a.m. other two earthquakes of 5.0 and 5.2 degrees finished demolish the old buildings.

The electrical flow stopped circulating almost instantly the first shock, the water pipes broke and jumped, a cyclopean collapse looked everywhere and the streets ran branched cracks unfathomable depth. The moon, just past full, horrific scenes continued shining from a sky reddened by inconteniblesincendios almost instantly exploded in a commercial area.

[Edit] The destruction and damage

Aerial View of Managua after the earthquake.

The damage was substantial: 90% of homes in the central radius, collapsed and left standing were severely damaged, to the point of being recognized as useless. Over 600 blocks were destroyed by the quake, some 50,000 buildings were in ruins and more than 280,000 people homeless.

75% of homes and downtown buildings collapsed. 95% of small industry disappeared, 75% of urban infrastructure disappeared, 90% of trade succumbed to the earthquake and fires that lasted two weeks, 40% of tax revenue sources disappeared. Public services of potable water, electricity, telecommunications and sewerage were cut by Earthlings movements. In the city of Managua fell destroyed all public hospitals and private hospitals Social Security, facing the north side of the park on July 11 in the street of that name, El Retiro (which was on the track Benjamin Zeledon, the current The roundabout Güegüense one block east) and Baptist (the only private hospital in the country at that time and which was founded by the Baptist Church in 1936) collapsed or

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