<p>An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck southwestern Guatemala early on Wednesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said, killing two people, collapsing roofs and triggering landslides.</p>.<p>The quake was at a depth of 96 km (60 miles), with the epicentre 16 km east of Tiquisate, Guatemala, EMSC said.</p>.<p>Tiquisate is in a mostly poor region on the Central American nation's coastal planes, and is surrounded by large banana and palm oil plantations that export to the United States.</p>.<p>Guatemala's disaster agency, the National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction (CONRED), pegged the earthquake at a magnitude of 6.8.</p>.<p>As of 8:30 a.m. local time, authorities had reported two fatalities, a woman in the city of Mixco, a western suburb of the capital, and a man in the highland city of Quetzaltenango. Both died of heart attacks, authorities said.</p>.<p>Images shared by the agency on social media showed rockfalls and uprooted trees blocking routes following the earthquake, including to Antigua, a colonial city popular with tourists.</p>.<p>The initial temblor was followed by two aftershocks of above magnitude 4 in the region, according to EMSC.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>
<p>An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck southwestern Guatemala early on Wednesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said, killing two people, collapsing roofs and triggering landslides.</p>.<p>The quake was at a depth of 96 km (60 miles), with the epicentre 16 km east of Tiquisate, Guatemala, EMSC said.</p>.<p>Tiquisate is in a mostly poor region on the Central American nation's coastal planes, and is surrounded by large banana and palm oil plantations that export to the United States.</p>.<p>Guatemala's disaster agency, the National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction (CONRED), pegged the earthquake at a magnitude of 6.8.</p>.<p>As of 8:30 a.m. local time, authorities had reported two fatalities, a woman in the city of Mixco, a western suburb of the capital, and a man in the highland city of Quetzaltenango. Both died of heart attacks, authorities said.</p>.<p>Images shared by the agency on social media showed rockfalls and uprooted trees blocking routes following the earthquake, including to Antigua, a colonial city popular with tourists.</p>.<p>The initial temblor was followed by two aftershocks of above magnitude 4 in the region, according to EMSC.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>