Strong earthquake felt in Guatemala; no damage. Your thoughts?
Mon Jan 18, 12:15 pm ET
GUATEMALA CITY – A strong earthquake has rocked Guatemala and parts of El Salvador, but no there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage in either country.
The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.0.
The USGS says it hit Monday morning about 60 miles (97 kilometers) southwest of Guatemala City, where it was felt by many residents. There were reports of shaking in the Guatemalan countryside and in El Salvador as well.
Civil protection officials in the two countries says so far there are no reports of injuries or damage, but authorities are still checking.http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100118/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_guatemala_earthquake_2
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2 comments
Friendly Stranger.. on January 22, 2010 at 11:48 pm
It depends on how populated the immediate area that is affected. If the area is not heavily populated and is scarce in terms of individuals who live in the area, then its likely you won’t hear of many reports. The thing about Haiti is there were many more individuals who lived in the region. The population was amongst the millions. So naturally there were more affected but, less population, less injuries. It also depends on where or how isolated the area affected is. If it was in an isolated area, then minimal damage would be found.
thomas9383738 on January 22, 2010 at 11:48 pm
no one is affected im from costa rica [central america] we are used to it.. but since el salvador and guatemala have really poor towns then they were lucky… in 1986 san salvador had a 5,4 and about 1000 ppl died… us in costa rica have never had such a desastrous earthquake… and we are the mos seismic country of central america.
but it also depends where the earthquake is located… we had a 6.2 last year in a mountainous area and it killed about 100 people mostly because of landslides
plus el salvador has had 7.7 earthquakes and guatemala has had up to 8.2[historic]
and we have had an 8.3 in 1838…