 Earthquake Hits Mexico
A strong earthquake shook southern Mexico early Friday, knocking out power in parts of Mexico City and Acapulco, swaying tall buildings and sending frightened people into the streets in their pajamas.
Civil defense officials in Mexico and the Pacific coast state of Guerrero, where the magnitude-6 quake was centered, said there were no reports of any deaths or widespread damage.
Dozens of buildings in Mexico City were evacuated amid reports that they suffered structural damage, and officials were inspecting them to determine if they were still safe.
Among them were a five-story apartment building that was leaning precariously and another graffiti-covered, art-deco apartment complex riddled with fissures. Some two dozen families, residents of both buildings, spent the night in the street or in their cars.
One person was injured falling down stairs trying to get out of a building.
The quake, which hit at 12:42 a.m. (1:42 a.m. EDT), was felt strongly from the Pacific coast resort of Acapulco to the mountain capital of Mexico City because it was centered inland -- 40 miles northwest of Acapulco -- and just 18 miles below the earth's surface, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
(Newsday.com) | 
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