PIC ...A 7.4-magnitude earthquake Guatemala November 8, 2012
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A handout picture provided by Guatemala's Presidency shows President Otto Perez Molina (C-L) checking aid packs for victims of earthquakes, at the National Coordinator Office for Disasters Reduction (Conred) in Guatemala City, Guatemala, 11 November 2012. During this press conference, another earthquake 6.2 on the Richter scale took place in the country causing panic but according to first reports, no casualties or material damages. |
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Rescue workers carry away the body of a person who was buried in a sand mine during an earthquake in San Marcos, Guatemala, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck on Wednesday, killing at least 52 people and leaving dozens more missing. |
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A woman walks past a destroyed house after the earthquake in San Cristobal Cucho, San Marcos, Guatemala, 08 November 2012. The death toll in the worst earthquake to hit Guatemala in decades has risen to 52, media reports 08 November quoted emergency services as saying. The fatalities included 16 children. About 20 people remained missing while around 150 people were reported injured. The 07 November quake hit hardest in the south-western departments of San Marcos and Quetzaltenango, near the border with Mexico. The quake was followed by about 30 aftershocks |
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Firefighters with heavy equipment excavate searching people feared buried at a sand mine by an earthquake on the eve, in San Marcos, 260 km from Guatemala City, on November 8, 2012. A 7.4-magnitude earthquake rocked southwestern Guatemala on Wednesday, killing 48 people and injuring another 150 while more were missing as homes crumbled. The earthquake also rattled nerves in neighboring Mexico and El Salvador, sparking a tsunami alert on the Salvadoran coast and evacuations from offices, homes and schools as far north as Mexicorefighters with heavy equipment excavate searching people feared buried at a sand mine by an earthquake on the eve, in San Marcos, 260 km from Guatemala City, on November 8, 2012. A 7.4-magnitude earthquake rocked southwestern Guatemala on Wednesday, killing 48 people and injuring another 150 while more were missing as homes crumbled. The earthquake also rattled nerves in neighboring Mexico and El Salvador, sparking a tsunami alert on the Salvadoran coast and evacuations from offices, homes and schools as far north as Mexico City. |
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Zoila Gomez grieves outside the room where the wake is taking place for members of the Vasquez family who were buried alive when their house collapsed in San Cristobal Cucho, Guatemala, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. The family died when a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck on Wednesday, collapsing the home of the Vasquez family and burying 10 of them, including a 4-year-old child, in the rubble. The quake killed at least 52 people and left dozens more missing |
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Local residents watch as firefighters with heavy equipment excavate searching people feared buried at a sand mine by an earthquake on the eve, in San Marcos, 260 km from Guatemala City, on |
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Two men remove furniture from a house damaged by an earthquake on the eve in San Marcos, 260 km from Guatemala City, on November 8, 2012. A 7.4-magnitude earthquake rocked southwestern Guatemala on Wednesday, killing 48 people and injuring another 150 while more were missing as homes crumbled. |
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A handout picture provided by Guatemala's Presidency shows President Otto Perez Molina (2-L) checking aid packs for victims of earthquakes, at the National Coordinator Office for Disasters Reduction (Conred) in Guatemala City, Guatemala, 11 November 2012. During this press conference, another earthquake 6.2 on the Richter scale took place in the country causing panic but according to first reports, no casualties or material damages. |
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Two men enter a building heavily damaged by an earthquake on the eve in San Marcos, 260 km from Guatemala City, on November 8, 2012. A 7.4-magnitude earthquake rocked southwestern Guatemala on Wednesday, killing 48 people and injuring another 150 while more were missing as homes crumbled. The earthquake also rattled nerves in neighboring Mexico and El Salvador, sparking a tsunami alert on the Salvadoran coast and evacuations from offices, homes and schools as far north as Mexico City. |
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A house damaged by an earthquake on the eve in San Marcos, 260 km from Guatemala City, on November 8, 2012. A 7.4-magnitude earthquake rocked southwestern Guatemala on Wednesday, killing 48 people and injuring another 150 while more were missing as homes crumbled. The earthquake also rattled nerves in neighboring Mexico and El Salvador, sparking a tsunami alert on the Salvadoran coast and evacuations from offices, homes and schools as far north as Mexico City. |
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A house damaged by an earthquake on the eve in San Marcos, 260 km from Guatemala City, on November 8, 2012. |
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A resident stands outside a home that partially collapse during an earthquake, which authorities declared unsafe to live in, in San Cristobal Cucho, Guatemala, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012 |
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A relative of an injured person sits on the floor of a public hospital in the town of San Marcos, northern Guatemala, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. A 7.4 magnitude earthquake caused dozens of dead and many missing Wednesday in San Marcos, some 80 miles (130 kilometers) from the epicenter |
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Handout photo released on, 07 November 2012, by the La Red Deportiva showing soldiers in front of a house that was affected by the 7.2 Richter earthquake in a street of San Marcos, Guatemala. Authorities informed that the death toll has risen to 29, and that it could increase since hundreds of missing people have been reported |
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A handout picture released by the Guatemala's Presidency showing the unloading works of 50 tons of medicines and food, donation fron Venezuela, for the victims of the earthquake that left at least 52 dead and 200 injured people, in Guatemala City, Guatemala, 10 November 2012. Thousands of people were affected by the 7,2 Richter degrees earthquake of 07 November. Rural communities in the Northeast part of the country were the hardest hit and are being aided by rescue teams, soldiers and aid teams from other countries. |
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Residents walk among rubble after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck in San Marcos, Guatemala, Wednesday Nov. 7, 2012. The mountain village, some 80 miles (130 kilometers) from the epicenter, suffered much of the damage with some 30 homes collapsing in its center. There are three confirmed dead and many missing after the strongest earthquake to hit Guatemala since a deadly 1976 quake that killed 23,000. |
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Rubble blankets a street after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck in San Marcos, Guatemala, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. The mountain village, some 80 miles (130 kilometers) from the epicenter, suffered much of the damage with some 30 homes collapsing in its center. Dozens are reported dead and many missing after the strongest earthquake to hit Guatemala since a deadly 1976 quake that killed 23,000. |
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Residents and rescue workers use heavy equipment to look for people feared buried at a sand mine, after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck in San Marcos, Guatemala, Wednesday Nov. 7, 2012. |
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A car remains under the ruins of a collapsed house in San Marcos, 240 km of Guatemala City, on November 7, 2012. At least 39 people died in southwestern Guatemala after a strong 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the country's Pacific coast on Wednesday, Guatemalan President Otto Molina said. |
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A shoe lies atop a pile of sand at a sand mine, where people are feared buried, after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck in San Marcos, Guatemala, Wednesday Nov. 7, 2012. The mountain village, some 80 miles (130 kilometers) from the epicenter, suffered much of the damage with some 30 homes collapsing in its center. There are three confirmed dead and many missing after the strongest earthquake to hit Guatemala since a deadly 1976 quake that killed 23,000. |
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A handout image released by the US Geological Service (USGS) showing an illustration of Population Exposure to the 7.4-magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast of Guatemala, on 07 November 2012. The quake took place in the Caribbean, with its epicentre 56 kilometres south-west of Retalhuleu, Guatemala, and 61 kilometres south-east of Suchiate, in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, USGS said. |
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Crowds of people gather at a meeting point after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Guatemala near the Mexican border, in Mexico City, Mexico, 07 November 2012. At least three people died in Guatemala. The impact was felt as far away as Mexico City, although no damage was immediately reported in Mexico. An aftershock measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale caused panic and evacuations in central and southern Mexico. Thousands of people left Mexico City buildings after the quakes, which caused lamps and furniture to shake. The city's underground service was temporarily suspended. |
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A handout picture released by the Guatemala's Presidency showing the unloading works of 50 tons of medicines and food, donation fron Venezuela, for the victims of the earthquake that left at least 52 dead and 200 injured people, in Guatemala City, Guatemala, 10 November 2012. Thousands of people were affected by the 7,2 Richter degrees earthquake of 07 November |
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A handout picture released by the Guatemala's Presidency showing the unloading works of 50 tons of medicines and food, donation fron Venezuela, for the victims of the earthquake that left at least 52 dead and 200 injured people, in Guatemala City, Guatemala, 10 November 2012. Thousands of people were affected by the 7,2 Richter degrees earthquake of 07 November. |
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A woman cries during the funeral of ten members of the same family who died during the Guatemalan earthquake in San Marcos, Guatemala, 09 November 2012. The death toll in the worst earthquake to hit Guatemala in decades has risen to 52, media reports 08 November quoted emergency services as saying. The fatalities included 16 children. About 20 people remained missing while around 150 people were reported injured. The quake hit hardest in the south-western departments of San Marcos and Quetzaltenango, near the border with Mexico. |
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In this photo released by Guatemala's Presidential Press Office, rescue workers carry the body of a person who was killed during an earthquake in Barranca Grande, Guatemala, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck on Wednesday, killing at least 52 people and leaving dozens more missing. |
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A girls looks inside a house damaged by an earthquake on the eve in San Marcos, 260 km from Guatemala City, on November 8, 2012. A 7.4-magnitude earthquake rocked southwestern Guatemala on Wednesday, killing 48 people and injuring another 150 while more were missing as homes crumbled. The earthquake also rattled nerves in neighboring Mexico and El Salvador, sparking a tsunami alert on the Salvadoran coast and evacuations from offices, homes and schools as far north as Mexico City |
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Handout picture released by Guatemala's presidential press office showing rescuers carrying the body of Esau Godinez, who was killed during the eve's earthquake in Barranca Grande village, in San Marcos, 260 km from Guatemala City, on November 8, 2012. |