An earthquake registering 5.1 degrees on the Richter scale shook Guatemala on Sunday, causing panic but no deaths or serious damage.
Hugo Rodas, director of the National Disaster Reduction Coordination Body (Conred in Spanish), told media in Guatemala that the quake struck at 10.55 a.m. local time and its epicenter was 146 km from the nation's capital, off the Pacific coast, at a depth of 62.3 km.
The quake is the second to hit the country in less than 48 hours. Last Friday's quake registered 5.6 degrees, and was 122 km southeast of the capital also in the Pacific.
Friday's quake was felt in the center, south, southwest and west of the nation.
Rodas said that no victims or serious damage had been reported from either quake, but frequent quakes mean that Conred remains on alert.
Source:Xinhua
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