Earthquake in Guatemala
Causes Panic
GUATEMALA - A 4.7-degree earthquake in the
Richter scale caused alarm on Wednesday
among the Guatemalan population, although
there were no victims or material damage
reported, official sources said.
Faced wit the earth tremor and panic among
the population, which was sensitive due to
the recent earthquakes in Haiti and Chile,
Civil Protection authorities called the
people to keep calm.
The National Seismology Institute said the
tremor was registered at 11:08 hours, local
time, and its epicenter was located 83 miles
from the Guatemalan capital, off the
country's Pacific coasts.
That institute said that the earthquake was
located 12 miles deep in the Pacific and was
felt all along the Guatemalan southern
coast, the central plateau, which includes
the country's capital, and several eastern
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