An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck southwestern Guatemala early on Wednesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said, killing two people, collapsing roofs and triggering landslides. The quake was at a depth of 96 km (60 miles), with the epicentre 16 km east of Tiquisate, Guatemala, EMSC said.
Tiquisate is in a mostly poor region on the Central American nation's coastal planes, and is surrounded by large banana and palm oil plantations that export to the United States.
