Sunday, July 21, 2024 -A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck Guatemala on Saturday, the United States Geological Survey said, with the tremor also felt in El Salvador and Nicaragua.
No casualties or damage were reported in the
three countries.
The tremor hit at 8:53 pm (0253 GMT) with
its epicenter eight kilometers (five miles) southeast of Jalapa city, at a
depth of 265.5 kilometres, according to the USGS.
The seismological institute in El Salvador
recorded the quake at a magnitude of 5.9 while that of Nicaragua registered it
at 5.2-magnitude.
Civil protection authorities of the three
Central American countries reported no casualties or damage to infrastructure.
Central America is on the so-called Pacific
Ring of Fire, a vast area of intense tectonic activity that runs along the west
coast of the Americas and across the Pacific basin.
In 2018, another natural disaster rocked
the country.
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