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There was a 6.8 earthquake this afternoon. News said it shook Guatemala, El Salvador, and southern parts of Mexico. I had just sat down to lunch when my whole house started shaking! It was kind of cool.. in a "on the edge of being scary" kind of way. I went outside to look around. My legs were shaking underneath me. It was a weird feeling. Like trying to stand on a float in a pool. My car was rocking back and forth. The telephone lines were swinging. It lasted almost a whole minutes. Gino says it was 46.6 seconds. I don't know if he got that off the news or if he was timing it. I wouldn't be surprised either way. News also said that the Miraflores mall, only about 15 minutes from here, got cracks in some of the walls on the 3rd floor, and the ceiling. I'm sure there were many other buildings with mynor damage, but they are reporting that on people were hurt. That's good. No landslides. No tsunamis. All good.