Death Toll Rises in Guatemala Earthquake
The death toll from Wednesday's powerful earthquake off the coast of Guatemala has risen to 48 people, with hundreds more injured or missing.
Most of the dead were in the state of San Marcos, a mountainous region near the Mexican border, as people were buried under the rubble of destroyed homes. The quake also sent massive landslides onto highways, hampering rescue efforts.
The U.S. Geological Survey says 7.4 magnitude earthquake was centered about 45 kilometers off Guatemala's Pacific coast, about 160 kilometers southwest of Guatemala City. The quake was felt as far away as Mexico City, about 1,000 kilometers to the northwest, and parts of El Salvador.
Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina traveled to San Marcos to get a first-hand look of the devastation.
"The third poverty is to attend to vital [supply] lines, electricity, drinking water, we are looking into this because San Pedro and San Marcos have no light nor drinking water,'' he said.
This is the strongest earthquake to shake Guatemala since the 1976 temblor that killed more than 20,000 people.
fuente: La Voz de América, http://www.voanews.com/content/death-toll-rises-in-guatemala-earthquake/1541779.html
Most of the dead were in the state of San Marcos, a mountainous region near the Mexican border, as people were buried under the rubble of destroyed homes. The quake also sent massive landslides onto highways, hampering rescue efforts.
The U.S. Geological Survey says 7.4 magnitude earthquake was centered about 45 kilometers off Guatemala's Pacific coast, about 160 kilometers southwest of Guatemala City. The quake was felt as far away as Mexico City, about 1,000 kilometers to the northwest, and parts of El Salvador.
Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina traveled to San Marcos to get a first-hand look of the devastation.
"The third poverty is to attend to vital [supply] lines, electricity, drinking water, we are looking into this because San Pedro and San Marcos have no light nor drinking water,'' he said.
This is the strongest earthquake to shake Guatemala since the 1976 temblor that killed more than 20,000 people.
fuente: La Voz de América, http://www.voanews.com/content/death-toll-rises-in-guatemala-earthquake/1541779.html
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