Huge 5.6 magnitude earthquake strikes Central America
A VIOLENT earthquake has shaken Guatemala, according to the US Geological Survey.
By Douglas Patient
DailyStar.co.uk
18th June 2018
The quake measured 5.6 magnitude, the US Geological Survey added.
It struck at a depth of around 60 miles.
The tremor was around 40 miles south-west of Guatemala City, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre said.
Disaster officials said it did not cause any damage, including at the Fuego volcano where recent eruptions have killed 110 people.
Strong shaking was felt but “all is calm,” Guatemala’s disaster agency said in a statement.
A witness said tremors were not felt in the capital Guatemala City.
The epicenter was near the Pacific Coast less than 12 miles from Escuintla, an area at the Fuego volcano’s base that suffered the most deaths and injuries from eruptions of gas and ash that began two weeks ago.
Guatemala said it would end efforts to find nearly 200 people that went missing in the disaster.
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