Deadly quake rocks Guatemala

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Eduardo  Verdugo / APPeople who work in office buildings along El Paseo de la Reforma stand outside Wednesday after evacuating their offices due to a Gautemala-centered earthquake felt in Mexico City.By NBC News staff and wire reportsA deadly earthquake off the Pacific coast of Guatemala on Wednesday collapsed buildings, spurred landslides and shook cities as far away as San Salvador and Mexico City.

Follow @NBCNewsWorldGuatemala President Otto Perez Molina said he had been informed 39 people were dead. Perez told an afternoon news conference that the dead are in the northwestern state of San Marcos near the Mexican border, where the majority of the damage occurred.

Earlier, he also said 100 people were missing and 76,000 were without electric power, NBC News reported.

Landslides blocked roads in some areas, authorities told Reuters, and about 40 houses were severely damaged.




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