A 5.8 magnitude earthquake shook Guatemala late on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) stated, although there have been no instant stories of harm.
The USGS stated that the epicenter was lower than 6.9 miles (11 km) from the municipality of Masagua close to Guatemala’s southern coast. It was pretty deep at 61.89 miles (99.6 km) beneath the earth’s floor.
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Guatemala’s catastrophe company CONRED didn’t instantly report any injury brought on by the quake. Authorities in Central American neighbor El Salvador, the place the earthquake was additionally felt, didn’t situation a tsunami warning.
Earlier, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre had gauged the quake at a magnitude of 5.5.