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Mexico: 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Mexico City

Saturday, 17 February 2018 1:50 AM [ Last Update: Saturday, 17 February 2018 2:12 AM ]

A patient is evacuated from a hospital during a powerful earthquake in Mexico City on February 16, 2018. (AFP)

A 7.2 magnitude quake rocked Mexico on Friday, a prolonged rumble that the government said had caused minor damage to buildings in the southern state of Oaxaca, but with no preliminary reports of deaths.

The epicenter was close to a surfer resort on the Pacific coast in the southern state of Oaxaca and had a depth of 15.3 miles (24.6 km), according to the US Geological Survey. Both the south of Mexico and the capital are still reeling from earthquakes that caused widespread damage in September.

Oaxaca's civil protection service said no damage had been reported so far. In Mexico City, tall buildings swayed for more than a minute as seismic alarms sounded throughout the city, and tremors were felt as far away as Guatemala to the south. (AGENCIES)

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