Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Mexico city

  • Office workers fled into the street when the 7.4-magnitude quake shook Mexico City for more than a minute. Cell phone lines went down, buildings were evacuated, traffic snarled and the stock exchange had to suspend trading early.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • MEXICO CITY (USA TODAY) — An earthquake rocked central Mexico on Tuesday, cutting electricity and phone service and sending startled residents into the streets from the capital to the Pacific resort city of Acapulco. The magnitude-7.
  • (Cincinnati.com)
  • Thats why it is important for us to go and learn from earthquakes around the world. The earthquake was felt in Mexico City, which received an alert before the shaking began through an early warning system, Ampuero said.
  • (San Jose Mercury News)
  • MEXICO CITY-- Hundreds of houses collapsed after a strong earthquake that rattled residents in southern Mexican resort towns and the nations capital Tuesday, officials said.
  • (WGNtv.com)
  • The quake was followed by an aftershock that shook southern Mexico, swayed buildings in Mexico City and sent frightened workers and residents into the streets.
  • (Washington Times)
  • Mexico City: A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck southwest Mexico Tuesday, damaging hundreds of homes and sending panicked people onto the streets of the capital, with no immediate reports of serious casualties.
  • (NDTV)
  • Tuesdays magnitude-7.4 quake was centered along the coast roughly halfway between the resort town of Acapulco and colonial city of Oaxaca. It was felt in Mexico City about 180 miles away.
  • (KSDK)
  • MEXICO CITY — The imminent visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Mexico is drawing little excitement, underscoring the stark differences between this pontiff and his predecessor, John Paul II, a figure beloved to Mexicans.
  • (Times-Leader)
  • Mexico City - A massive, shallow earthquake struck southern Mexico, injuring at least five people and causing panic and traffic jams on the streets as far away as Mexico City.
  • (Nation - Thailand)
  • Witnesses in Mexico City said the tremor sent office workers rushing out onto the streets. Some 500 houses were damaged in Guerrero state, according to the states governor, local TV reported.
  • (Inland Newstoday)

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