Large Earthquake rattles Mexico
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Pastor Dale Morgan
Feb 8, 2010, 11:44:23 PM2/8/10
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Large Earthquake rattles Mexico
* From correspondents in Mexico City
* From: AFP
* February 09, 2010 1:19PM
MEXICO'S southern Oaxaca state was rattled by a moderate 5.9-magnitude earthquake today, causing evacuations but with no immediate reports of injuries or damage, the National Seismological Service said.
"It struck at 6.48pm (11.48am AEDT Tuesday)... on the Oaxaca coast near the coastal municipality of Puerto Escondido," SSN staffer Jesus Perez said.
"It was a sizeable quake, but not many people live in that area," he said.
The US Geological Survey put the quake at 5.7-magnitude and located its epicentre 103km southeast of Oaxaca city and at a depth of 35km.
The SSN said the quake was felt in nearby states of Morelos and Puebla.
In Mexico City, 450km north of Oaxaca, the temblor caused some buildings to be evacuated as a precaution, said the capital's civil protection chief Elias Morelo.
Large Earthquake rattles Mexico
* From correspondents in Mexico City
* From: AFP
* February 09, 2010 1:19PM
MEXICO'S southern Oaxaca state was rattled by a moderate 5.9-magnitude earthquake today, causing evacuations but with no immediate reports of injuries or damage, the National Seismological Service said.
"It struck at 6.48pm (11.48am AEDT Tuesday)... on the Oaxaca coast near the coastal municipality of Puerto Escondido," SSN staffer Jesus Perez said.
"It was a sizeable quake, but not many people live in that area," he said.
The US Geological Survey put the quake at 5.7-magnitude and located its epicentre 103km southeast of Oaxaca city and at a depth of 35km.
The SSN said the quake was felt in nearby states of Morelos and Puebla.
In Mexico City, 450km north of Oaxaca, the temblor caused some buildings to be evacuated as a precaution, said the capital's civil protection chief Elias Morelo.
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