At Least 2 Dead After Powerful Quake Hits Pacific Coast of Mexico, Guatemala PIX11
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A ShakeMap shows the widespread effect of a preliminary magnitude 7.1 quake that struck off the coast of Mexico July 7, 2014. (USGS)

MAZATAN, Mexico – At least two people are reported dead in Guatemala after a strong earthquake on the Pacific Coast jolted a wide area of southern Mexico and Central America Monday.

Striking at 7:23 a.m. ET, the quake’s preliminary magnitude was 7.1, but it has since been downgraded to 6.9, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The temblor was centered on Mexico’s Pacific Coast, about 5 miles northeast of Puerto Madero, near the Guatemala border. It erupted some 57 miles below the surface.

Firefighters spokesman Raul Hernandez says at least two people were killed in the Guatemalan town of San Marcos. In Mexico local news media reported the quake was felt strongly in the Mexican states of Chiapas and Tabasco.

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