Earthquake hits Guat....anyone there?

Anyone on the ground in Guatemala have anything to report about the earthquake on June 13? Fortunately it sounds like the damage was mild, but some services like phone are out.

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From USA Today

Strong earthquake rocks Guatemala
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GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A powerful earthquake that shook Guatemala and parts of El Salvador on caused traffic chaos in Guatemala City, damaged some houses and generated landslides outside the capital.
But officials said there were no immediate reports of major damage or injuries from the 6.8 magnitude quake that struck Wednesday afternoon southwest of Guatemala City.

Aid workers across Guatemala reported only minor damage to homes in a couple of rural communities, according to Francois de la Roche, Latin America's director for humanitarian and emergency affairs for the aid organization World Vision.

"I didn't notice it at first but then felt this long, swaying motion back and forward," de la Roche said in a telephone interview from Antigua, Guatemala.

The quake struck at 1:29 p.m. local time and was centered 70 miles southwest of Guatemala City off the Pacific coast, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Guatemala's seismology institute said the quake lasted 49 seconds.

Oops....didn't notice the post already going on this topic since "terremoto" didn't register with this gringo!

I was working in zone ten when people told me there had just been an earthquake. I turned on the TV to learn about it. I just thought a heavy truck had gone by. Damage? Not in Guatemala City.

I was eating Taco Bell at Tikal Futura when people started lifting their heads up from their trays and looking around for confirmation. Lots of heads started nodding and my buddy and I started freaking out. Most of the other people in the food court just carried on with their meals. It was a real roll and tumble quake that must have gone for at least 15-20 seconds. My brother, who felt it in San Pedro la Laguna read online that it was 6.4-ish and centered off the Pacific Coast. It was scary as hell eating in that food courtyard with all that building and glass right above our heads.

i´m in xela - didn´t feel here -way too far away.
when i was in guate city last month reported a terramota/tremor on my post on thorntree.
apparently GC is very active.
never heard of it either as i asked the kid in this interneta place in zunil & he heard 0 too.

I got an e--mail from my daughter.
She works for Dell in San Salvador and she said "yes we felt the earthquake was really bad here at the office"
But not anything like 2001.

Eating at Taco Bell in Guatemala?

Shame on you!

It's better than most of the Tacos I've eaten here. It's one of my last remaining U.S. vices here in Guatemala. Perhaps the earthquake was from the gods telling me to stay away!! Ain't nothing wrong with it anyway. As I've said before Moderation is the key!!!!! Guatemalan born Pollo Campero is going like gang busters in the United States, by the way. Someone told me the New York branches reached their first 3 month sales projections in 2 weeks!!

Huh....Good thing there are no Jack N the Box there....haha

It seems that the CNN eporter here in Guatemala was the cause for the general alarm. She sent images of homes destroyed by river floods last week and not by the earthquake. So far, there has been no loss of life reported and loss of property has been minimal.

The quake was not really that big, and Guatemala being in a very seismic zone, this kind of shakes occur every now and then and are not a cause of alarm. Perhaps it was longer than the average but not that big. The real intensity was 5.4 degrees Richter.

#4 I was in Tapachula Mexico, even farther, and just barely felt it. Sitting in a hotel restaurant at the bottom of a tall building. Noticed my table shaking though it was somebody behind me, looked around and people were standing up feeling the walls.
My first earthquake!

*THOUGHT its was somebody behing me (not though)