The branch office was located on the east side of Managua, only 18 blocks from the epicenter.

This ongoing growth soon rendered the old branch inadequate. So you can imagine how the publishers rejoiced when a new branch office and missionary home were completed in December 1974​—just two years after the big quake! The new branch was located on a quiet street named El Raizón, ten miles [16 km] south of the Managua city center.