Moderate earthquake rattles Guatemala

By the CNN Wire Staff

September 19, 2011 -- Updated 1923 GMT (0323 HKT)

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• One person is reported dead
• The quake was some 25 miles in depth

Guatemala City, Guatemala (CNN) -- A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck Guatemala on Monday, about 53 kilometers (32 miles) southeast of Guatemala City, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

"There are people buried in the rubble ... We have one confirmed dead," Evelyn Ruano, a spokeswoman in the office of President Alvaro Colom, told CNN.

She said firefighters are on the scene in the department of Santa Rosa to assist.

The earthquake, which the USGS reported to be some 25 miles deep, was felt in the capital.

Comment: well i feel bad for this pore woman who is known to be dead although, mostly i feel bad for the womans family. Butt there is always some good in every bad like me leving early from school today butt to bad all these other things happend.