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LBCI
09-07-2025
- LBCI
Earthquakes in Guatemala leave two dead
Two people died in Guatemala on Tuesday as a result of strong earthquakes that caused damage throughout the country, according to Guatemala's Civil Protection Agency. "Unfortunately, human fatalities are confirmed" due to a landslide after rocks and earth buried a vehicle on a highway southwest of the capital, according to Andres Erazo, a spokesman for the National Coordination for Disaster Reduction (CONRED). AFP
Time of India
09-07-2025
- Climate
- Time of India
Two killed in Guatemala earthquakes
Two killed in Guatemala earthquakes (Image: AP) Guatemala City: Two people were killed when their vehicle was buried under a landslide after a series of earthquakes shook much of the Central American country on Tuesday, Guatemalan authorities said. The swarm of tremors up to 5.6 magnitude rattled the country on Tuesday afternoon, centred near the towns of Amatitlan and Alotenango southwest of the capital, seismological services reported. "Unfortunately, human fatalities are confirmed" due to a landslide after rocks and earth buried a vehicle on a highway, said Andres Erazo, a spokesman for disaster coordination agency Corned. The quakes were also felt in neighbouring El Salvador. The landslide occurred on a road southwest of the capital near the city of Antigua Guatemala in the central highlands. President Bernardo Arevalo told reporters the quakes had also trapped a family of five, who were being rescued, and two others who were being treated for injuries after being freed. The tremors forced dozens to evacuate buildings in Guatemala City where anti-earthquake alarms sounded, an AFP journalist reported. Central America often experiences tremors due to the shifting Caribbean and Cocos tectonic plates.
Al Etihad
09-07-2025
- Climate
- Al Etihad
Two killed in Guatemala earthquakes
9 July 2025 08:48 GUATEMALA CITY (AFP)Two people were killed when their vehicle was buried under a landslide after a series of earthquakes shook much of the Central American country on Tuesday, Guatemalan authorities swarm of tremors up to 5.6 magnitude rattled the country on Tuesday afternoon, centered near the towns of Amatitlan and Alotenango southwest of the capital, seismological services reported."Unfortunately, human fatalities are confirmed" due to a landslide after rocks and earth buried a vehicle on a highway, said Andres Erazo, a spokesman for the disaster coordination agency quakes were also felt in neighbouring El landslide occurred on a road southwest of the capital near the city of Antigua Guatemala in the central Bernardo Arevalo told reporters the quakes had also trapped a family of five, who were being rescued, and two others who were being treated for injuries after being tremors forced dozens to evacuate buildings in Guatemala City, where anti-earthquake alarms sounded, an AFP journalist reported. Central America often experiences tremors due to the shifting Caribbean and Cocos tectonic plates.
