6.9 Earthquake in Southern Mexico, Guatemala Kills 4
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MEXICO CITY (Worthy News)– At least four people died as a magnitude-6.9 earthquake struck Southern Mexico and Central America.
A magnitude-6.9 earthquake on the Pacific Coast jolted a wide area of southern Mexico and Central America Monday, killing at least four people and damaging dozens of homes.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake hit at 6:23 a.m. (7:23 a.m. EDT) on the Pacific Coast 1 mile north-northeast of Puerto Madero, near the Guatemala border. It initially calculated the magnitude at 7.1 but later lowered the figure to 6.9. — Source
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