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The quake struck at 1:29 p.m. local time and was centered 70 miles southwest of
Guatemala City off the Pacific coast, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
It gave a preliminary calculation of magnitude of 6.8.

Benedicto Giron, spokesman for the National Disaster Reduction Center, said
there had been some landslides in the southwest province of Escuintla but they
apparently didn't cause any serious problems.

He noted that telephone service was down in some areas and information was
tricking in slowly from the various provinces.

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population areas to have caused damage.

The quake was felt strongly in neighboring El Salvador, where some people ran
into the streets in the capital of San Salvador, but the Red Cross there said it
had no reports of damage or injury. It was also felt in the Mexican city of
Tapachula, near the Guatemalan border.

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The region is prone to earthquakes. Almost 23,000 people died in a 1976
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