An <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1717_Guatemala_earthquake" id="mwWQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1717 Guatemala earthquake">earthquake</a> strikes <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antigua_Guatemala" id="mwWg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Antigua Guatemala">Antigua Guatemala</a>, destroying much of the city's architecture.<sup about="#mwt58" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-9"}}' id="cite_ref-9" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./September_29#cite_note-9" id="mwWw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 9;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwXA">[9]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-9"><cite about="#mwt55" class="citation journal cs1" id="CITEREFWhiteLigorríaCifuentesRose2004">White, Randall A.; Ligorría, Juan Pablo; Cifuentes, Ines Lucia; Rose, W. I. (2004). "Seismic history of the Middle America subduction zone along El Salvador, Guatemala, and Chiapas, Mexico: 1526-2000". <i id="mwCro">Special Papers of the Geological Society of America</i>: 394.</cite><span about="#mwt55" class="Z3988" id="mwCrs" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Special+Papers+of+the+Geological+Society+of+America&amp;rft.atitle=Seismic+history+of+the+Middle+America+subduction+zone+along+El+Salvador%2C+Guatemala%2C+and+Chiapas%2C+Mexico%3A+1526-2000.&amp;rft.pages=394&amp;rft.date=2004&amp;rft.aulast=White&amp;rft.aufirst=Randall+A.&amp;rft.au=Ligorr%C3%ADa%2C+Juan+Pablo&amp;rft.au=Cifuentes%2C+Ines+Lucia&amp;rft.au=Rose%2C+W.+I.&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASeptember+29"></span></span>