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The quake destroyed around 50 homes and caused over 420 aftershocks, with emergency workers responding to damage and injuries across the region.
- On Friday a magnitude 6.5 quake struck near Acapulco, Guerrero state, with its epicenter 14 kilometers outside San Marcos, Guerrero.
- Mexico sits between five tectonic plates and is prone to earthquakes, with past 8.1 and 7.1 magnitude quakes killing nearly 13,000 and 369 people respectively.
- Mexico's seismological service reported over 420 aftershocks by midday, the strongest magnitude 4.7, while Acapulco tourists evacuated hotels and the tremor was felt around 400 kilometers away in Mexico City.
- Emergency workers and soldiers inspected several damaged buildings in San Marcos, Guerrero, where around 50 houses were destroyed and a woman in her 50s died, officials reported.
- The event underscores Mexico's recurring seismic threat with past deadly quakes killing nearly 13,000 and 369 after 8.1 and 7.1 magnitudes, linked to its position between five tectonic plates.
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Just as many Mexicans were winding down their Friday, the ground had other plans.A powerful 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck southern and central Mexico, killing at least two people. It jolted cities far beyond its epicentre near the tourist hub of Acapulco.In Guerrero state, Governor Evelyn Salgado confirmed the death of a 50-year-old woman. Hours later, Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada reported that a 60-year-old man had also died in the capital…
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Two dead after strong quake hits Mexico
A powerful 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck central and southern Mexico early Friday morning, leaving at least two people dead and over a dozen injured. The National Seismological Service has recorded over 850 aftershocks since the initial quake.
The sixth was produced at 07:58 local time, when the inhabitants of the capital came out of the apartment, many of them were still surprised by the fire. The earthquake had the epicenter near the city of San Marcos, Guerrero State, about 400 kilometers from Mexico City.The powerful earthquake in Mexico. At least two people died at the American Institute of Geophysics announced that the earthquake had occurred at a 35-km depth. In the capital, th…
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