A 7.4-magnitude earthquake has rocked Guatemala, killing at least 48 people in two provinces.
President Otto Perez Molina said at a news conference that 40 people died in the province of San Marcos and eight more were killed in the neighbouring province of Quetzaltenango.
One hundred people were missing, and hundreds were injured.
The quake, which hit at 10:35 am (local time) in the midst of the work day, caused terror over an unusually wide area, with damage reported in all but one of Guatemala’s 22 states and shaking felt as far away as Mexico City, 965 km to the northwest.
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