Earthquake in Guatemala

We are fine. Not sure why this made such a splash in US news. In fact, I didn't notice the earthquake because I was driving. As of yet there are no reports of major damage or deaths. Hopefully that holds up over the next few days because communication is down with some of the south of the country (the part closest to the center of the earthquake).

I didn't notice the earthquake, but Max sure did. He thought that the wind was blowing really really hard and was going to knock the house over. (There was a really big storm at the same time as the earthquake). Apparently, lots of things were banging in the house and the TV was sliding on its stand, but nothing fell and nothing broke.

Here are some of the details of the quake if you are interested: (and on a more exciting note, Zoe learned a new word today: "Bum")

Magnitud 6.8 FRENTE DE LA COSTA DE GUATEMALA

miercoles, 13 de junio 2007 a las 19:29:46 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report

Magnitud	6.8
Fecha-Hora	· miercoles, 13 de junio 2007 a las 19:29:46 (UTC) - Tiempo Universal Coordinado · miercoles, 13 de junio 2007 a las 02:29:46 PM hora local al epicentro Hora del Terremoto en otras zonas de horario
Localización	13.63N 90.73W
Profundidad	64.8 kilómetros
Región	FRENTE DE LA COSTA DE GUATEMALA
Referencia	115 km (70 miles) SSW of GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala 135 km (85 miles) WSW of Santa Ana, El Salvador 155 km (95 miles) SSE of Quezaltenango, Guatemala 1110 km (690 miles) SE of MEXICO CITY, D.F., Mexico
Calidad de la Localización	Estimado de error: horizontal +/- 5.7 km; depth +/- 5.5 km
Parámetros de calidad de localización	Nst=164, Nph=164, Dmin=774.5 km, Rmss=0.93 seg, Erho=5.7 km, Erzz=5.5 km, Gp=134.9 grados
Fuente de información	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	usdnbi

Wednesday, June 13, 2007 at 19:29:46 UTC

Earthquake Location

The Lopez Family in Guatemala

My Dad, Mary Loy, Toni and my Grandma visited us in Guatemala a couple of weeks ago. Here are some pictures from their trip: Lopez Trip Fotos