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A strong earthquake shook the border between Mexico and Guatemala yesterday, prompting frightened residents to flee into the streets.
The tremor occurred shortly before 6 a.m. local time close to the Mexican border town of Suchiate, where a river by the same name divides the two countries. The epicenter was situated just off the Pacific coast, approximately 16 kilometers west-southwest of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, where the river meets the sea.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 and a depth of 75 kilometers.
In Mexico, there were no immediate reports of damage, but more mountainous and remote parts of the border are prone to landslides.
Across the border Guatemala’s national disaster prevention agency shared photos of small landslides onto highways in the Quetzaltenango region and large cracks in walls in a hospital in San Marcos on its social media accounts, but there were no reports of deaths.