Mexico earthquake

In Mexico in the state of Guerrero (Guerrero) earthquake of magnitude 6.5, reports the Associated Press. According to officials, 3 people are considered dead, but the cataclysm did not cause significant damage.

The U.S. Geological Service initially estimated the magnitude of the quake at 6.8, but later reduced the magnitude to 6.7 and then to 6.5. Experts report that the epicenter of the earthquake was at a distance of 42 km. from the city of Iguala, Guerrero, and its focus was located at a depth of 65 km. Authorities confirmed the collapse of some buildings in the city. According to the Interior Department of Mexico, tremors were felt in 9 states of the country.

Humberto Calvo, deputy secretary of the Guerrero Civil Defense Department, said 3 people had died. One of them died after one of the houses in the city. Igala's roof collapsed. The second person died in the small town of Ixcateopan. The third person killed was a truck driver on a highway from Acapulco to Mexico City, the capital.

Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard said there were power outages in parts of the capital, but no major damage. However, the earthquake caused panic among the population of the capital. It is reported that in the suburban area of Condesa, people ran out of their homes, many of them crying in horror. On one of the streets, the women sat in a circle, closed their eyes and began to pray.

Around the World was about a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake that hit Mexico last year. Its epicenter was located 140 km from La Paz, Baja California Sur. People were evacuated from schools and other public facilities, and city services received calls from concerned residents.

Earthquakes of this kind often occur in Mexico. For example, in April 2009 there was an earthquake of magnitude 5.6-6. Its epicenter was at a depth of 48 km near the resort town of Acapulco. Neither in it nor in the nearby cities there was no serious destruction and casualties, but the locals, as well as the population of the capital, were frightened by the tremors that rocked the buildings.

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