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 GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - A powerful earthquake that shook Guatemala and parts of El Salvador caused widespread panic but left both countries virtually unscathed, officials said Thursday.
Landslides were reported outside the Guatemalan capital in the southwest province of Escuintla from Wednesday's quake, but they apparently caused no casualties, said Benedicto Giron, spokesman for the National Disaster Reduction Center.
"Besides some landslides, the only other damage confirmed has been a wall that collapsed at a home under construction," said another spokeswoman, Ana Luis Olmedo.
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