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People stare at a building after rushing out onto the streets of the Roma neighborhood in Mexico City following a new quake.
A strong earthquake struck southwest Mexico on Monday, shaking buildings as far away as the capital and prompting people to stream out of their offices onto the street, though there were no reports of serious damage.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the tremor registered magnitude 6.3 and centered 108 miles east-south-east of the tourist resort of Acapulco, not far from where a much more powerful earthquake struck last month.
"It felt strong, but thank God nothing happened to us. Everyone went back (inside) but people are still paranoid about the other one which felt much stronger," said 30-year-old Esteban Vite in Mexico City's Roma neighborhood.
"Thanks to the authorities, things are better built.'
Marcelo Ebrard, the mayor of Mexico City, said there were no initial signs of damage from a first flyover of the city, and telephones were still working. However, one local radio station said the airport had closed. The city's underground metro was still working, the mayor added.
Phone lines went down during the March 20 earthquake of 7.4 magnitude. That tremor unleashed panic in the capital and damaged hundreds of buildings in the states of Guerrero and neighboring Oaxaca in southwest Mexico.
The latest quake was measured at a depth of 7.6 miles and located near the border of Guerrero and Oaxaca.
There were no initial reports of damage in Guerrero, a spokesman for local emergency services said.
Mexico City was devastated by an 8.1 magnitude quake in 1985 that killed thousands of people.
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Pop Quiz... Quick What's the name of the Vice President...tic tic tic
No fair, that wasn't in the reading!!
México does not have a Vice President.
The big one is coming.
Yup, get ready, it's coming.
If "no major damage" is defined as anything of value, then this quake could have occurred in downtown Mexico City, and still nothing of value would have been destroyed. An earthquake in Mexico is basically a non-event...maybe it would stall the murders and smugglers for a day or two.
Well I'm glad no one was hurt... I have family that lives in Mexico City. *You can bash me all you want that's fine* At least it wasn't like the 8.1 in 1985. My uncle was in the middle of that one driving a city bus, on streets that are skinnier than the one's here in the U.S. He's lucky he got out alive.
No one should even bash you, I have family in Mexico and it's not their fault that these drug wars are going on.
Wouldn't it be nice if a huge earthquake only targeted these drug cartels and murderers.