Mexico Earthquake

A strong earthquake rattled southern and central Mexico on Friday, interrupting President Claudia Sheinbaum's first press briefing of the new year as seismic alarms sounded and leaving at least two people dead. The earthquake had a magnitude of 6.5 and its epicentre was near the town of San Marcos in the southern state of Guerrero near the Pacific coast resort of Acapulco, according to Mexico's national seismological agency. There were more than 500 aftershocks. The state's civil defence agency reported various landslides around Acapulco and on other highways in the state. Guerrero Gov. Evelyn Salgado said that a 50-year-old woman living in a small community near the epicentre died when her home collapsed. Authorities also said that a hospital in Chilpancingo, Guerrero's capital, suffered major structural damage and various patients were evacuated. Residents and tourists in Mexico City and Acapulco rushed into the streets when the shaking began. Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada said

A massive 7.7 magnitude earthquake jolted west-central Mexico on a day when the country marked the anniversary of two major temblors that struck in 1985 and 2017

In the last 35 years, there have been at least seven greater earthquakes, killing around 10,000 people most of them in a 1985 quake of 8.0 magnitude

The USGS initially reported a magnitude of 7.5 but revised it downward

The toll has continued to climb gradually nearly two weeks after the earthquake as bodies keep being pulled from the rubble

In tests, FINDER has detected heartbeats through 30 feet of rubble or 20 feet of solid concrete

It was among thousands of aftershocks recorded in the wake of that earlier quake

Days after a powerful quake that killed nearly 300 people

The earthquake toppled dozens of buildings, tore gas mains and sparked fires across the city and other towns in central Mexico

The earthquake toppled dozens of buildings, tore gas mains and sparked fires across the city and other towns in central Mexico

The destruction revived horrific memories in Mexico on the anniversary of another massive quake in 1985

This comes less than two weeks after another powerful quake caused 90 deaths in the country's south

Earlier in the day buildings across the city held preparation drills on the anniversary of the 1985 quake

The state of Morelos, just south of the capital, was hardest hit with 42 deaths, according to its governor

Scores of buildings have collapsed into mounds of rubble or are severely damaged in densely populated parts of Mexico City and nearby states

For those whose worst fears were confirmed, there were funerals, with processions haltingly making their way to cemeteries to the traditional sounds of Oaxaca's drums and trumpets

Recent assessments recorded more than 60 deaths and significant damage in Mexico

Quake hit as Mexican emergency agencies were bracing for another crisis on the other side of country

It was a major earthquake in scale and magnitude, strongest in past 100 years: Mexico President

The quake struck 120 km off the Pacific Coast, southwest of Tres Picos, Mexico