June 14, 2017 Earthquake: Quetzaltenango, Suchitepequez, Mexico, Guatemala

After completing damage assessment and needs assessment the following official information is that 3,592 persons impacted, 264 persons displaced, 36 persons evacuated, 19 persons injured, 5 persons died, 202 houses with light damage, 37 houses with moderate damage, 23 houses with severe damage, 11 churches with moderate damage. (reference #11825)

[Mexican]Authorities are now reporting there was either total or partial damage to over 200 houses and 27 schools, some collapsed bridges and a tally of 11 people injured in the 7.0-magnitude quake registered on the Mexico-Guatemala border at 2:29am. The Civil Protection chief for the Soconusco region of Chiapas has confirmed that in the municipality of Huixtla alone five homes were destroyed and 144 were partially damaged. The 27 damaged schools are also in Huixtla and one of them was a complete loss. The other affected municipalities were Villacomatitlán, Huehuetán, Tapachula and Ciudad Hidalgo. The latter was located just 16 kilometers northwest of the epicenter. At least two bridges collapsed due to the seismic event and several rural roads were partially affected, representing up to 170 million pesos (US $9.5 million) in damages, according to estimates by the federal Communications and Transportation Secretariat (SCT). (reference #11826)

Three people died from heart attacks and 2 people killed; 19 injured; 173 houses damaged; power outages occurred in Quetzaltenango, Retalhuleu, San Marcos and Suchitepequez. Multiple landslides occurred on the roads in Retalhuleu and along the Carretera al Atlantico. One person injured and dozens of houses damaged in Chiapas, Mexico. San Sebastian, Retalhuleu, Guatemala - CDI: 8; Colomba, Quezaltenango, Guatemala - CDI: 7; Cacahoatan, Chiapas, Mexico - CDI: 6; Quetzaltenango, Quezaltenango, Guatemala - CDI: 6; San Pedro Ayampuc, Guatemala, Guatemala - CDI: 6 (reference #13456)