Quake Shakes Guatemala, Honduras

..c The Associated Press

 GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - A strong earthquake shook the Caribbean coast of 
Guatemala and Honduras on Sunday, damaging some buildings. There were no 
immediate reports of injuries.

The U.S. Geological Survey in Golden, Colo., reported the quake's magnitude 
at 6.6 while Guatemala's Seismological Station estimated the force at 5.9.

The preliminary center point was located about 20 miles east of the 
Guatemalan coastal city of Puerto Barrios, according to Jim Taggart, a 
geophysicist with the survey's National Earthquake Information Center.

The quake occurred at 8:14 a.m. local time (10:14 a.m. EDT), provoking alarm 
among people across Guatemala.

It damaged buildings in eastern Guatemala, including the Our Lady of the 
Trinity church in Chiquimula, 90 miles southwest of Puerto Barrios.

Guatemala's disaster-relief agency CONRED was surveying the rest of the 
nation for reports of damage or injuries.

The quake was felt in the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa, 150 miles 
southeast of Puerto Barrios, and in the Mexican city of Villahermosa, 330 
miles to the northwest. It also was felt in El Salvador and Belize.

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