Another Mexico Quake Sends Panicked People Into Streets

MEXICO CITY — A earthquake with a 6.2 magnitude shook southern Mexico on Saturday and was felt in the capital, where seismic alarms sounded, residents ran into the streets and rescuers briefly stopped combing the rubble left by a bigger tremor earlier this week.

Image: Rescue workers embrace each other deeply moved after a seismic alert sounded in Mexico City on Sept. 23, 2017, four days after the powerful quake that hit central Mexico. Image: Rescue workers embrace each other deeply moved after a seismic alert sounded in Mexico City on Sept. 23, 2017, four days after the powerful quake that hit central Mexico.

Rescue workers embrace each other deeply moved after a seismic alert sounded in Mexico City on Sept. 23, 2017, four days after the powerful quake that hit central Mexico. Ronaldo Schemidt / AFP – Getty Images

The United States Geological Survey said the new quake was relatively shallow and hit near Juchitan, which is a tropical region of Oaxaca state hard hit by another major earthquake on Sept 7.

Already shaken by the two recent earthquakes that have killed at least 380 people in Mexico this month, thousands of people ran out onto the streets again in Oaxaca and Mexico City, some in pajamas when the new tremor shortly before 8 a.m. local time (9 a.m. ET).

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“I heard the alarm and ran downstairs with my family,” said Sergio Cedillo, 49, who was watching rescuers’ efforts to find survivors from Tuesday’s quake when the alarm sounded.

No new damage was immediately reported, but rescue efforts were suspended in areas affected by Tuesday’s quake to allow authorities to see if the new tremors would put workers at risk, Luis Felipe Puente, the head of Mexico’s civil protection agency said.


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