Magnitude 7.3 earthquake quake strikes off Mexico coast

In Guatemala and El Salvador, the tremor shook buildings, triggering evacuations and causing some people to run from their homes, Reuters news agency reported.A series of aftershocks, with magnitudes between 4.7 and 6, have been recorded. Guatemala's President Bernardo Arévalo said the country's emergency management agency had been deployed in response to a magnitude 5.6 earthquake with its epicenter in Quetzaltenango. No fatalities have been recorded so far, he added."I call on the population to remain calm and to follow the recommendations," he said on X.The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which operates the tsunami warning center, forecast waves of less than 0.3m above tide level along the coasts of El Salvador, Colombia, Costa Rice, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru and Honduras.A tsunami is a series of waves, with times between crests ranging from five minutes to an hour, that can persist for many hours, according to the agency. In this case, the waves lasted for 12 minutes in Puerto Madero and 28 minutes in Chiapas."Persons caught in the water of a tsunami may drown, be crushed by debris in the water, or be swept out to sea," NOAA said.