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Graham, S. E.; Demets, C.; Deshon, H. R.; Rogers, R.; Maradiaga, M. Rodriguez; Strauch, W.; Wiese, K.; Hernandez, D. (2012), "GPS and seismic constraints on the M = 7.3 2009 Swan
Islands earthquake: Implications for stress changes along the Motagua fault and other nearby faults",
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Honduras. Two important bridges and a number of levees and port terminals were also seriously damaged. In the Guatemalan department of
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