Earthquake wreaks havoc in Guatemala

Relatives mourn during a funeral service for members of the Vasquez a family who were buried alive when their house collapsed during an earthquake in San Cristobal Cucho, Guatemala, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. The family died when a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck on Wednesday, collapsing their home and burying 10 members of their family, including a 4-year-old child, in the rubble. The powerful quake killed at least 52 people and left dozens more missing. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo) Photo: Moises Castillo, Associated Press / SF
In this photo released by Guatemala's Presidential Press Office, rescue workers carry the body of a person who was killed during an earthquake in Barranca Grande, Guatemala, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck on Wednesday, killing at least 52 people and leaving dozens more missing. (AP Photo/Guatemala's Presidential Press Office, Edwin Bercian) Photo: Edwin Bercian, Associated Press / SF
Firefighters with heavy equipment excavate searching people feared buried at a sand mine by an earthquake on the eve, in San Marcos, 260 km from Guatemala City, on November 8, 2012. A 7.4-magnitude earthquake rocked southwestern Guatemala on Wednesday, killing 48 people and injuring another 150 while more were missing as homes crumbled. 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. AFP PHOTO/Johan ORDONEZJOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP/Getty Images Photo: Johan Ordonez, AFP/Getty Images / SF
Residents begin clearing quake rubble from a house in San Cristobal Cucho, Guatemala, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. The magnitude 7.4 quake that struck Wednesday caused terror over an unusually wide area, with damage reported in all but one of Guatemala's 22 states and shaking felt as far away as Mexico City. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo) Photo: Moises Castillo, Associated Press / SF
Zoila Gomez grieves outside the room where the wake is taking place for members of the Vasquez family who were buried alive when their house collapsed in San Cristobal Cucho, Guatemala, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. The family died when a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck on Wednesday, collapsing the home of the Vasquez family and burying 10 of them, including a 4-year-old child, in the rubble. The quake killed at least 52 people and left dozens more missing. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo) Photo: Moises Castillo, Associated Press / SF
A resident stands outside a home that partially collapse during an earthquake, which authorities declared unsafe to live in, in San Cristobal Cucho, Guatemala, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck on Wednesday, killing at least 52 people and leaving dozens more missing. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo) Photo: Moises Castillo, Associated Press / SF
Guatemalan Jesus Ramirez remains in the hospital after having his leg amputated when a wall fell on him while trying to save his relatives in a earthquake, in San Marcos, 260 km from Guatemala City, on November 8, 2012. Guatemalan rescuers searched Thursday for people trapped in the ruins of homes after a powerful earthquake killed 52 people and left thousands spending the cold night outside. Twenty-two people were still missing a day after the 7.4-magnitude quake in the southwestern region of San Marcos toppled homes and cut off power in several towns. AFP PHOTO/Johan ORDONEZJOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP/Getty Images Photo: Johan Ordonez, AFP/Getty Images / SF
A girls looks inside a house damaged by an earthquake on the eve in San Marcos, 260 km from Guatemala City, on November 8, 2012. A 7.4-magnitude earthquake rocked southwestern Guatemala on Wednesday, killing 48 people and injuring another 150 while more were missing as homes crumbled. 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. AFP PHOTO/Johan ORDONEZJOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP/Getty Images Photo: Johan Ordonez, AFP/Getty Images / SF
TOPSHOTS A relative cries over one out of ten coffins of members of the Vasquez family who died in the earthquake on the eve in the San Cristobal Cuchu municipality in San Marcos, 260 km from Guatemala City. A 7.4-magnitude earthquake rocked southwestern Guatemala on Wednesday, killing 48 people and injuring another 150 while more were missing as homes crumbled. 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. TOPSHOTSAFP PHOTO/Johan ORDONEZJOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP/Getty Images Photo: Johan Ordonez, AFP/Getty Images / SF
Two men remove furniture from a house damaged by an earthquake on the eve in San Marcos, 260 km from Guatemala City, on November 8, 2012. A 7.4-magnitude earthquake rocked southwestern Guatemala on Wednesday, killing 48 people and injuring another 150 while more were missing as homes crumbled. 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. AFP PHOTO/Johan ORDONEZJOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP/Getty Images Photo: Johan Ordonez, AFP/Getty Images / SF

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