Natural Disaster, Guatemala | featured news

A strong earthquake off the coast of Guatemala on Wednesday shook buildings in Guatemala City and San Salvador and was felt as far away as Mexico City, Reuters witnesses said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

Guatemala's Fuego volcano erupted on Thursday, spewing smoke and ash into the sky and forcing the evacuation of thousands of people, local emergency services said.

Four earthquakes struck southern Guatemala within hours of each other on Monday, killing at least one person and rattling residents in the capital city, officials said.

When news came over the radio that a landslide had buried two pickup trucks and a bus along a major highway, Suagustino Pascual Tuy and others rushed to the rescue, picks and shovels in hand.

Torrential rains from a tropical depression have caused mudslides in Guatemala, killing at least 28 people — most of them in separate disasters along the same highway.

The death toll from Tropical Storm Agatha is growing, with 123 reported killed in Guatemala, 14 in Honduras and nine in El Salvador.

The remnants of Tropical Storm Agatha dumped more rain on Guatemala and El Salvador on Sunday after killing at least 16 people in the region.

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake hit Guatemala's Pacific coast near the border with El Salvador Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.