Earthquakes hit western and southern Mexico

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*Great Earthquakes In Diverse Places

Earthquakes hit western and southern Mexico*

Reuters
Monday, November 26, 2007; 5:55 PM

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - An earthquake hit Michoacan state in western
Mexico on Monday but there were no immediate reports of serious damage
or casualties.

A magnitude 5.8 quake hit 55 miles south-southwest of the state capital
Morelia, with its epicenter 49.8 miles underground, the U.S. Geological
Survey said.

"There is no damage for the moment," said civil protection official Hugo
Magana in Morelia. "They are going around checking the cities."

Earlier on Monday, a 5.6-magnitude quake shook the southern Mexican
state of Chiapas.

(Reporting by Miguel Gutierrez; Editing by John O'Callaghan)