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Powerful earthquake kills at least 52 in Guatemala A 7.4-magnitude earthquake rocks the Central American country, killing at least 52 people and injuring hundreds.
Nov. 9. 2012
People carry the coffins with the remains of the 10 members of the Vasquez family who died in the earthquake in San Cristobal Cucho, Guatemala. The magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck on Wednesday, collapsing their home and burying them, including a 4-year-old child, in the rubble. The powerful quake killed at least 52 people and left dozens more missing.
Moises Castillo
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AP
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Nov. 9, 2012
A relative mourns over a coffin of a member of the De Leon family who was killed in a landslide triggered by an earthquake in El Recreo, in the outskirts of San Pedro Sacatepequez in the San Marcos region, about 155 miles northwest of Guatemala City. The 7.4-magnitude earthquake was Guatemala's most powerful in decades.
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Nov. 9, 2012
Ivan Vasquez, 19, the only survivor in his family after an earthquake, is helped during the funeral procession of his family in San Cristobal Cucho, Guatemala. Ivan's parents, six siblings and two cousins died when a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck on Wednesday, collapsing their home and burying them in the rubble.
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People carry the coffin of one of the 10 members of the Vasquez family who died from Wednesday's earthquake to the cemetery of San Cristobal Cucho.
Jorge Dan Lopez
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Reuters
Nov. 9, 2012
Berta Miguelina Miranda holds flowers during the funeral procession for the 10 Vasquez family members who died when an earthquake struck San Cristobal Cucho, Guatemala.
Moises Castillo
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AP
Nov. 9, 2012
A man helps carry a coffin during the funeral procession for the 10 members of the Vasquez family who died Wednesday when an earthquake struck San Cristobal Cucho, Guatemala.
Moises Castillo
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AP
Nov. 9, 2012
A group of women cry during the burial of 10 victims of Wednesday's earthquake, all members of the Vasquez family, in San Cristobal Cucho, Guatemala.
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AFP/Getty Images
Nov. 8, 2012
Nadalinis Juarez touches the forehead of nephew Dilbert Vazquez during a funeral service in San Cristobal Cucho, Guatemala. The 4-year-old died when a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Wednesday, collapsing his home, burying him and 9 members of his family in the rubble.
Moises Castillo
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AP
Nov. 8, 2012
Zoila Gomez cries during the wake for members of the Vasquez family who were killed when their house collapsed in San Cristobal Cucho, Guatemala.
Moises Castillo
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AP
Nov. 8, 2012
A woman pours coffee during a funeral service for the Vasquez family.
Moises Castillo
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AP
Nov. 8, 2012
Volunteers load supplies on a vehicle to be delivered among people from communities affected by an earthquake in San Marcos, Guatemala.
Moises Castillo
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AP
Nov. 8, 2012
A girl looks inside a house damaged by an earthquake in San Marcos, Guatemala. The 7.4-magnitude earthquake that rocked southwestern Guatemala on Wednesday, killed at least 52 people and left another 22 missing. The earthquake also rattled nerves in neighboring Mexico and El Salvador, sparking a tsunami alert on the Salvadoran coast and evacuations from offices, homes and schools as far north as Mexico City.
Johan Ordonez
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AFP/Getty Images
Nov. 8, 2012
A man walks among debris after the 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit Guatemala on Wednesday. The quake hit hardest in the southwestern area of San Marcos and Quetzaltenango, near the border with Mexico.
Saaul Martinez
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European Pressphoto Agency
Nov. 8, 2012
Guatemalan firefighters in San Marcos excavate with heavy equipment, searching for people feared buried at a sand quarry by Wednesday's earthquake. President Otto Perez said the earthquake that hit off the Pacific Coast affected as many as 1.2 million people. He said a little more than 700 people were in shelters, with most opting to stay with family or friends.
Johan Ordonez
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Nov. 8, 2012
San Marcos residents watch as firefighters with heavy equipment excavate for people feared buried at a sand quarry.
Johan Ordonez
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Nov. 8, 2012
Rescue workers carry away a body from a sand quarry in San Marcos, Guatemala.
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Associated Press
Nov. 8, 2012
Relatives mourn 10 members of the Vasquez family who died in Wednesday's earthquake in the San Cristobal Cucho municipality in San Marcos.
Johan Ordonez
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AFP/Getty Images
Nov. 8, 2012
Mourners look into the coffins of 10 members of the Vazquez Gomez family, who died during Wednesday's earthquake that struck in Guatemala.
Jorge Dan Lopez
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Reuters
Nov. 7, 2012
Residents walk among rubble in San Marcos, Guatemala. The mountain village, about 80 miles from the epicenter, sustained much of the quake’s damage; about 30 homes collapsed.
Moises Castillo
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AP
Nov. 7, 2012
Firefighters transport a wounded resident to a hospital after he was injured in the earthquake that struck San Marcos, Guatemala.
Moises Castillo
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AP
Nov. 7, 2012
Residents stare at damage in San Marcos, about 150 miles from Guatemala City.
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Nov. 7, 2012
A house severely damaged by the earthquake is seen from a street in San Marcos, Guatemala.
Dixon Vasquez
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La Red Deportiva via European Pressphoto Agency
Nov. 7, 2012
Yellow taped is draped in front of a collapsed home in San Marcos, Guatemala.
Moises Castillo
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AP
Nov. 7. 2012
Soldiers and rescue workers search for victims at a sand-extraction site in San Marcos, Guatemala.
Moises Castillo
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AP
Nov. 7, 2012
Motorcyclists ride along a damaged road in San Marcos, Guatemala.
Moises Castillo
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AP
Nov. 7, 2012
A relative of an injured person sits on the floor of a public hospital in San Marcos, Guatemala.
Moises Castillo
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AP
Nov. 7, 2012
Aurelia Lopez, right, comforts her 12-year-old son, Alex Fuentes, in a hospital emergency room in San Marcos, Guatemala.
Moises Castillo
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AP
Nov. 7, 2012
Residents and rescue workers use heavy equipment to look for people feared buried at a sand mine in San Marcos, Guatemala.
Moises Castillo
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AP
Nov. 7, 2012
A car remains under the ruins of a collapsed house in San Marcos, Guatemala.
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Nov. 7, 2012
Two people walk past the city jail, which was evacuated when the earthquake struck San Marcos.
Jorge Dan Lopez
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Reuters
Nov. 7, 2012
Two people identify the body of a relative, who was killed in the quake, at a funeral home in San Pedro Sacatepequez, which is in Guatemala’s San Marcos region.
Jorge Dan Lopez
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Reuters
Nov. 7, 2012
Relatives of Rosa Ramos, who died in the earthquake, gather over her coffin at a morgue before returning her remains to her Guatemalan village.
Moises Castillo
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AP
Nov. 7, 2012
A relative of Rosa Ramos, who died in the earthquake, cries as Ramos's remains are transported from the morgue to her Guatemalan village.
Moises Castillo
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AP
Nov. 7, 2012
The bodies of two of seven victims killed in a quake-related landslide are seen covered in el Recreo, on the outskirts of San Pedro Sacatepequez, Guatemala.
Jorge Dan Lopez
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Reuters
Nov. 7, 2012
Firefighters stand by the covered bodies of four victims of the earthquake in San Marcos.
Moises Castillo
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AP
Nov. 7, 2012
Firefighters carry the bodies of two people who died in the quake in San Marcos.
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AFP/Getty Images
Nov. 7, 2012
Firefighters stand over a victim of the earthquake in San Marcos.
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