Guatemala president: earthquake kills 39

By Sonia PerezDiaz, Romina RuizGoiriena
Published November 7, 2012 5:00am ET
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Guatemala president: earthquake kills 39
Residents begin clearing rubble from a damaged building after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck in San Marcos, Guatemala, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. The mountain village, some 80 miles (130 kilometers) from the epicenter, suffered much of the damage with some 30 homes collapsing in its center. There are three confirmed dead and many missing after the strongest earthquake to hit Guatemala since a deadly 1976 quake that killed 23,000. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo) | Moises Castillo

SAN MARCOS, Guatemala (AP) — A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific coast of Guatemala on Wednesday, killing at least 39 people as it ravaged a small state near the Mexican border, the country’s president said.

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