2 dead as 6.5-magnitude quake shakes Mexico City and beach resort
A 60-year-old man died of his injuries after falling while evacuating his second-floor flat in the capital, local authorities said
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. At least two people died.
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 Governor Evelyn Salgado said a 50-year-old woman living in a small community near the epicentre died when her home collapsed. Authorities also said 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 60-year-old man died after suffering an apparent medical emergency followed by a fall while evacuating a building. Twelve others were injured, Brugada wrote on social media.