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Mexico-Guatemala border earthquake July 2026
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FIRST ENTRY JUL 17
JUL 17 · Day 1
7.3 earthquake strikes Mexico-Guatemala border region
Mexico's Navy secretary Raymundo Morales said water levels were not expected to rise more than half a meter.
The U.S. Tsunami Warning System said hazardous tsunami waves were possible along coasts within 186 miles of the epicenter.
The USGS revised its earlier assessment of a 7.4 magnitude quake at a 6.2 mile depth to a 7.3 magnitude at a 9.4 mile depth.
“We were upstairs on the second floor when it started shaking; we thought it would pass, but then it got stronger, so we all went downstairs and evacuated in an orderly manner to the front courtyard,”
ALEJANDRA MENDOZA
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