A of magnitude 5.3 was felt this Saturday on the island of Guanaja, department of Islas de la Bahía, in the Caribbean of without reports of damage to people or materials so far, reported the Secretariat of Risk and Contingency Management.

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The epicenter of telluric movement It was established 90 kilometers northwest of Guanaja and 144 kilometers northwest of Trujillodepartment of Colón, also in the Honduran Caribbean, the institution detailed in a report published on X, formerly Twitter.

He earthquake It had a depth of 3 kilometers and was recorded at 4:00 p.m. (22:00 GMT), said the Secretariat of Risk and Contingency Management.

The movement was caused by the “Caribbean-North American plate boundary,” according to the brief report from the civil protection organization, which highlights that so far no victims or material damage of any kind have been reported in the area of ​​influence of the earthquake.

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Honduras is located in a region with a lot of seismic activity, although the majority of earthquakes are recorded in the Pacific, with a higher incidence in El Salvador and Nicaragua, countries with which it has a common border, as well as with Guatemala.

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