Casualties from Honduras earthquake reach 56
09:23, 29 May 2009
TEGUCIGALPA. May 29. KAZINFORM At least six people were killed and another 50 were injured in a powerful earthquake that struck Honduras's Roatan island early Thursday, the authorities said; Kazinform refers to Xinhua.
The quake occurred at 02:24 local time (0824 GMT) off the Caribbean coast of Honduras, 80 miles (130 kilometers) northeast of the beach town of La Ceiba, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
Some 60 houses and scores of other buildings across the north of Honduras were wrecked. The quake also caused damages to 42 municipalities in the country; Kazinform cites Xinhua.
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