
Powerful quake hits Guatemala, no victims reported
The Peninsula
Guatemala City: A powerful earthquake Sunday shook Guatemala near its southwestern border with Mexico, causing some buildings to collapse but claiming...
Guatemala City: A powerful earthquake Sunday shook Guatemala near its southwestern border with Mexico, causing some buildings to collapse but claiming no known victims, the country's National Institute for Seismology reported.
The quake, with a magnitude of 6.5, struck at 5:39 am (1139 GMT). Its epicenter was in the Pacific Ocean 90 kilometers (55 miles) from the coast of San Marcos department and at a depth of 25 kilometers, the institute said.
A bulletin from the San Marcos government said no victims had been reported.
But the National Hospital of San Marcos suffered "slight damage," according to the state Coordinator for Disaster Reduction.
It also reported three landslides on the Cito Zarco highway.