Moderate Earthquake Shakes Guatemala
GUATEMALA - An earthquake measuring
5.2 on the Richter scale shook Guatemala
early Thursday morning, with no immediate
reports of casualties or damage, the
Nicaraguan Institute of Territorial Studies
(INETER) said.
According to the INETER, the quake's
epicenter was located some489 km northwest
of Guatemala City. It occurred at 4:12 a.m.
local time (1012 GMT).
The earthquake had a depth of 25 km, and "it
was an event related to a local failure,"
the INETER said on its website.
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