At least two dead in southern Mexico quake: government

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AFP Mexico City
Last Updated : Sep 08 2017 | 12:48 PM IST
At least two people have died in a powerful earthquake that rocked southern Mexico, the government said.
The two fatalities came in the southern state of Chiapas, Interior Minister Miguel Angel Osorio Chong said. The quake hit off the coast of Chiapas.
The interior ministry said the quake had a magnitude of 8.4, while the US Geological Survey put it at a revised 8.1, up from 8.0 initially.

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First Published: Sep 08 2017 | 12:48 PM IST

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