MANAGUA, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- A moderate earthquake rattled the Honduran-Guatemalan border on Monday. There were no immediate reports of casualties, according to press reports monitored here.
The tremor, measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale, struck 260 km north of the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa at 5:40 p.m. (2340 GMT), said Francisco Moncada, an official with the country's Bureau of Disaster Monitoring.
The quake was widely felt in Honduras' western areas and northern Caribbean cities but no immediate reports of property damage or casualties have been made, he said.
A tremor of 4.8 magnitude struck the same area on Dec. 31.
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The tremor, measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale, struck 260 km north of the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa at 5:40 p.m. (2340 GMT), said Francisco Moncada, an official with the country's Bureau of Disaster Monitoring.
The quake was widely felt in Honduras' western areas and northern Caribbean cities but no immediate reports of property damage or casualties have been made, he said.
A tremor of 4.8 magnitude struck the same area on Dec. 31.
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