Two individuals died when large rocks fell on their car in Guatemala, after dozens of earthquakes had been recorded in a matter of hours, authorities mentioned.
The 2 males killed had been touring in a pickup truck on a neighborhood highway within the division of Escuintla Tuesday when the rocks fell from a hillside onto the car, firefighters mentioned.
Greater than 37 earthquakes and aftershocks with magnitudes starting from 3.0 to five.6 had been reported in Guatemala Tuesday afternoon, mentioned Edwin Rodas, director of the Nationwide Institute for Seismology, Vulcanology, Meteorology and Hydrology.
The tremors had been felt as far-off as El Salvador and resulted within the evacuation of buildings, landslides, and minor property injury, authorities mentioned.
Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo mentioned at a press convention Tuesday that the principle epicenter of the quakes was within the division of Sacatepéquez, with aftershocks within the areas of Escuintla and Guatemala division.
Not less than 5 individuals had been buried by landslides and two of them had already been rescued, he added.
The Nationwide Coordinator for Catastrophe Discount declared an orange alert, the second highest on the emergency scale.
The US Geological Survey reported a 4.8 magnitude earthquake at 3:11 p.m. native time, 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) southwest of the city of Amatitlán, south of Guatemala Metropolis, with a depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles). It then reported one other 5.7 magnitude quake 3 kilometers (2 miles) northwest of San Vicente Pacaya, a municipality in Escuintla, within the south-central area of the nation. One other 4.8 magnitude quake was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) northwest of PalÃn, additionally in Escuintla.
