USGS REVISES DOWN GUATEMALA EARTHQUAKE TO 6.8 MAGNITUDE FROM 7.2

[Make7]

Source: Reuters

Note: AlertNet story updated.

Strong quake rocks Guatemala, buildings evacuated

GUATEMALA CITY, June 13 (Reuters) - A strong 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit Guatemala on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, and some buildings were evacuated in the capital.

No injuries were immediately reported.

The USGS had previously reported the quake, which hit 46 miles (75 km) south of the coastal town of Escuintla, as having a magnitude of 7.2.


Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N13386628.htm

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More info:

Magnitude:   6.8
Date-Time:   Wednesday, June 13, 2007 at 2:29:46 PM (local time at epicenter)
Location:   13.628°N, 90.732°W
Depth:   64.8 km (40.3 miles)
Region:   OFFSHORE GUATEMALA
Distances:

115 km (70 miles) SSW of GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala
135 km (85 miles) WSW of Santa Ana, El Salvador
155 km (95 miles) SSE of Quezaltenango, Guatemala
1110 km (690 miles) SE of MEXICO CITY, D.F., Mexico

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2007dnbi.php

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Location on Google Maps:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=13.628,+-90.732&ie=UTF8&ll=14.891705,-90.53833&spn=3.534964,5.009766&z=7&om=0

[Fridays Child]

1. Still very powerful.

I hope it's an isolated event. :scared:

[soothsayer]

2. other countries will rate it higher. We don't use surface seismic waves anymore,

we use some underground thing that makes the overall numbers lower (or something to that effect).

[Make7]

3. "The earthquake was too deep to generate a tsunami hazard"

 

Strong quake rocks Central America, buildings sway

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake rattled Guatemala and
El Salvador on Wednesday and forced the evacuation of some buildings but there were no reports of casualties.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake had a magnitude of 6.8 and was centered in the Pacific Ocean some 46 miles south of the town of Escuintla.

Buildings in Guatemala City swayed for about 30 seconds and some scared residents ran into the streets, but there was no word of major damage.

"It has not caused any damage, there is no damage reported," said Benedicto Giron, a spokesman for Guatemala's emergency services.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii issued a notice of the earthquake but said there was no danger of a tsunami.

"The earthquake was too deep to generate a tsunami hazard," said Gerard Fryer, a geophysicist at the center.

"We don't think there is going to be a dangerous Pacific-wide tsunami but we will monitor the situation," said David Walsh, an oceanographer with the warning center.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070613/wl_nm/guatemala_quake_dc_1

- Make7