Guatemala – Six earthquakes in single day

Four of the temblors – one a magnitude 5.8 – struck in a 2-1/2 hour span.

20 Sep 11 – According to the US Geological Survey, the first earthquake, registered at a magnitude of 4.8, hit at 11:00 a.m. Within 33 minutes the largest tremor at a magnitude of 5.8 hit, followed by two more at magnitudes 4.8 and 4.5 in a 2-1/2 hour span.

The quakes were centered along the southwestern coast of Guatemala, around Santa Rosa where a few people were reported dead after being buried in a landslide.

In Guatemala City the quakes were strong enough to break the windows of high-rise buildings and some schools.

The continuous quakes prompted a number of mudslides in the highlands where mountain slopes are saturated after weeks of rain from hurricane activity.

Landslides also blocked the main Pan American highway that connects Guatemala with the rest of Central America.

See:
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/Latin-America-Monitor/2011/0920/Guatemalans-spend- a-night-on-watch-after-six-earthquakes-hit-in-single-day

See also:
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/216786/20110920/three-killed-as-four-earthquakes-shakes-gu atemala-magnitude-southern-central-america-epicenter-mudsl.htm

Thanks to Thomas McHart for these links