October 8, 2005. San Martin Verde, Guatemala. This is upscale hoursing. The construction is better but when the land underneath slides it doesn't matter how well it's made. The displacement here is about five feet. There is no grass surrounding the disturbed cottage. It' foundation is exposed. So not knowing what the downhill side looks like it is my estimation that the 'yard' containing the grass slide away from the house. The water line on the side of the cottage is different than the front. I think those separate events and didn't have anything to do with this event. In other words there may be other high water events that made the land very soggy and unstable. Given the foundation is exposed the land was lighter and easier to slide than the concrete cottage. The cottage is moved forward down the hill as far as the now backyard bank because there is no mud piled up behind the cottage. So that is a downhill displacement of about ten feet. If this were the USA that little cottage could be returned to a foundation where the grass is now.