Earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 rattles southern and central Mexico

A powerful earthquake rattled southern and central Mexico on Friday, interrupting President Claudia Sheinbaum’s first press briefing of the brand new yr as seismic alarms sounded.

The earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 and its epicenter was close to the city of San Marcos within the southern state of Guerrero close to the Pacific coast resort of Acapulco, based on Mexico’s nationwide seismological company.

The U.S. Geological Survey stated the earthquake occurred at a depth of 21.7 miles (35 kilometers), 2.5 miles north-northwest of Rancho Viejo, Guerrero, which is within the mountains about 57 miles northeast of Acapulco.

Sheinbaum resumed her press briefing a short while later and stated that she had spoken with Guerrero’s Gov. Evelyn Salgado, who advised her there was no critical harm reported to this point.

Residents and vacationers in Mexico Metropolis and Acapulco rushed into the streets when the shaking started.