| Event: | EQ Earthquake |
| Number: | 2014-000096 |
| Country: | GTM Guatemala |
| Location: | 15 kilometers northwest of San Marcos |
| Date (YMD): | 2014-7-7 |
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| Magnitude: | 6.4 |
| Information Source: | IFRC |
| Comments: | An earthquake registering 6.4 on the Richter scale rocked western Guatemala on 7 July 2014. Its epicenter was located 15 kilometers northwest of San Marcos, near the Mexican border, and the earthquake was felt in 12 departments in the western areas of the country, Mexico and El Salvador.
According to preliminary information provided by the National Disaster Reduction Commission (CONRED), to date there are 2,177 dwellings presenting slight damage, 4,761 with moderate damage and 2,895 with severe damage; 274 people were injured and one is reported dead, and there are an estimated 9,830 homeless people and 84,679 affected. The information is being collected by local authorities and assessment teams, so the numbers will continue to vary as the damage assessments are carried out and structural assessments of homes continue in various communities to determine the degree of affectation in the western departments. In the department of San Marcos, the Guatemalan Red Cross is conducting assessments that are more specific.
Given this situation, the government declared a state of public disaster for 30 days for the departments of San Marcos, Quetzaltenango, Totonicapán, Huehuetenango, Retalhuleu, Suchitepéquez and Sololá, due to damages caused by the earthquake. The purpose of declaring a state of public disaster is to restore infrastructure and essential services, and avoid greater consequences, as well as to allow taking any action necessary, wherever possible, to avoid or mitigate the negative effects and ensure the lives, integrity and safety of the affected population and safeguard their assets.
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