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Strong earthquake hits southern and central areas Mexico Friday, interrupting the president Claudia Sheinbaum At the first press conference of the new year, earthquake warning sounded.
The preliminary magnitude of the earthquake was 6.5, with its epicenter near the southern town of San Marcos. Guerrero Close to Pacific Coast resorts acapulcoAccording to Mexico’s National Seismological Service.
The state’s civil protection agency reported multiple landslides around Acapulco and on other highways in the state.
local residents and tourists mexico city When the earthquake started, Acapulco rushed into the streets.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake struck at a depth of 21.7 miles (35 kilometers) 2.5 miles north-northwest of Rancho Viejo, Guerrero state, in a mountainous area about 57 miles northeast of Acapulco.
Sheinbaum went on to hold a news conference shortly after, saying she spoke with Guerrero Gov. Evelyn Salgado, who told her there were no reports of serious damage.
José Raymundo Díaz Taboada, a doctor and human rights defender who lives on a mountain peak around Acapulco, said he heard a strong rumbling and all the dogs in the neighborhood started barking.
“At that moment, my phone went off an earthquake alert,” he said, “and then the shaking started getting stronger, with a lot of noise.”
He said the quake was lighter than some previous tremors and he had prepared a backpack with essentials to leave if aftershocks continued.
He said he was unable to reach some friends who live along the Costa Chica southeast of Acapulco because of communications outages.