A strong earthquake shook the border of Mexico and Guatemala early Sunday, driving frightened residents into the streets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The temblor struck just before 6 a.m. near the Mexican border town of Suchiate, where a river by the same name divides the two countries. The epicenter was just off the Pacific coast, 10 miles (16 kilometers) west-southwest of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, where the river empties into the sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.4, according to the U.S. Geological Survey and a depth of 47 miles (75 kilometers).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Mexico, there were no immediate reports of damage, but more mountainous, remote parts of the border are prone to landslides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Across the border Guatemala\u2019s national disaster prevention agency shared photos of small landslides onto highways in the Quetzaltenango region and large cracks in walls in a hospital in San Marcos on its social media accounts, but there were no reports of deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Tapachula, near the border, civil defense brigades were moving through the city looking for signs of damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Didier Solares, an official with Suchiate\u2019s Civil Defense agency, said so far they had not found damage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLuckily, everything is good,\u201d Solares said. \u201cWe are talking with companies, to the (rural areas) via radio and there\u2019s nothing, there\u2019s no damage thank God,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The early morning quake still gave people a fright.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the mountainous and picturesque colonial city of San Cristobal, the shaking was strong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHere we got up because we have the seismic alert service,\u201d said resident Joaquin Morales. \u201cThe alert woke me up because it comes 30 seconds before (the quake).\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Tuxtla Chico, a town near Tapachula, Mar\u00eda Guzm\u00e1n, a teacher said: \u201cIt was horrible, it felt strong. It was a real scare.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Later Sunday, there was a swarm of at least two dozen small earthquakes in Mexico\u2019s northern state of Baja California, near the U.S. border. The largest of the quakes was of 4.6 magnitude, while the majority were between between 2.5 and 3.7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No immediate damage was reported in the sparsely populated region roughly 30 miles ( 50 kilometers) south of a relatively unpopulated area south of El Centro, California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They did not appear related to the quake in Suchiate, which is almost 2,330 miles (3,750 kilometers) to the southeast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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