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Breaking News | Strong quake strikes off Guatemala ? USGS
« on: November 12, 2012, 02:00:31 PM »
Strong quake strikes off Guatemala ? USGS

GUATEMALA CITY - A strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific coast of Guatemala on Sunday, just days after a tremor in the same area left 42 people dead, Guatemalan President Otto Perez said.

 

The aftershock, which struck at 2215 GMT, triggered some landslides but "fortunately we have no human losses to lament," Perez told reporters.

 

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was "no destructive widespread tsunami threat" based on the data.

 

The epicenter of the quake was located 24 kilometers (15 miles) west-southwest of the town of Champerico, and 180 kilometers west-southwest of Guatemala City, said the US Geological Survey, whi...Keep on reading: Strong quake strikes off Guatemala ? USGS

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