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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 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.
The U.S. Tsunami Warning System said hazardous tsunami waves were possible along coasts within 186 miles of the epicenter.
“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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