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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Mon Jul 7, 2014, 08:19 AM Jul 2014

Magnitude-7.1 earthquake shakes southern Mexico

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A magnitude-7.1 earthquake on the Pacific Coast has jolted a wide area of southern Mexico and Central America.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake hit at 6:23 a.m. (7:23 a.m. EDT; 11:23 GMT) on the Pacific Coast 5 miles (8 kilometers) northeast of Puerto Madero, near the Guatemala border.

In Mexico City, buildings and light posts swayed and local news media reported the quake was felt strongly in the Mexican states of Chiapas and Tabasco. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, though there were power failures in the western part of Guatemala.

The quake was centered 57 miles (92.2 kilometers) below the surface.

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1. Powerful quake jolts Mexico and Central America; at least 4 killed

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Mon Jul 7, 2014, 01:30 PM

Jul 2014

A powerful earthquake jolted a wide section of southern Mexico and Central America early Monday, killing at least four people and damaging dozens of buildings in Guatemala.

The 6.9 quake was felt as far north as Mexico City, through central Guatemala and as far south as El Salvador. Its epicenter was on the Pacific Coast of the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, near a border town called Puerto Madero, about 40 miles below the surface, the U.S. Geological Survey said on its website. It hit at 6:23 a.m. local time.

Most damage was reported in the Guatemalan state of San Marcos, where walls collapsed and electrical power was temporarily cut. Numerous landslides were also reported.

Two people were crushed to death in San Marcos and at least 21 injured, the Guatemalan newspaper Prensa Libre reported. Another Guatemalan died of a heart attack, and a fourth person, identified as Jose Molina, was killed in Chiapas, authorities said.

http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-strong-quake-hits-mexico-guatemala-2-dead-20140707-story.html

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