The entity registered one early morning with a magnitude of 4.6 on the Richter scale, while another with a magnitude of 3.9 had its epicenter in the Huehuetenango department.
The National Coordinator for Disaster Risk Reduction (Conred) later announced that no damage from the earthquake had been reported so far and that monitoring was being carried out by local delegates.
Of the total number of recent hours, Insivumeh pointed out that only two were sensitive, stressing that his teams had detected 3,397 earthquakes in Guatemala so far in 2023, including 73 with signs of detectability.
In the early hours of February 16, the most powerful earthquake of this year (6.8) occurred, causing structural damage and three deaths in this Central American nation.
97 percent of Guatemala is subject to land movements and the memory of February 4, 1976 is still deeply embedded in the minds of local citizens.
Then around 23,000 people died, 76,000 were injured and, according to official figures, there were more than a million victims.
The impact of this earthquake caused damage and casualties in 17 of the country’s 22 departments, with the greatest damage and casualties occurring in this capital and rural areas of the central highlands.
The authorities here remind us of the measures to be followed in the event of such a phenomenon, such as: E.g. staying away from windows, stairs and shelves, standing next to pillars and activating the business response plan in the case of workplaces.
The Pacific Ring of Fire, the area of greatest seismic and volcanic activity in the world, includes in the west Argentina, Bolivia, Canada, Colombia, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, the United States, El Salvador and Guatemala, among others.
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