POWERFUL QUAKE. Debris on a street after an earthquake in Oaxaca, Mexico. A magnitude 7.4 earthquake jolted 12 km. SSW of Santa Maria Zapotitlan of Mexico at 15:29:05 GMT on Tuesday (June 23, 2020), the US Geological Survey said. (Str/Xinhua)
MEXICO CITY – A 7.5-magnitude earthquake rocked Mexico City and many southern and central parts of the country mid-morning on Tuesday.
The quake hit at 10:29 a.m. and the epicenter was located at 23 km. south of La Crucecita, a Pacific Coast village in southern Oaxaca state, the National Seismological Service said via Twitter.
One person was killed, Oaxaca Governor Alejandro Murat told a news station.
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announced that key infrastructure, such as oil and electricity production centers, were not affected.
According to the National Civil Protection Coordination, the quake was felt across seven states.
Mexico City also reported minor damage in two downtown buildings but no injuries.
Mexico is located above various fault lines.
In the past 35 years, there were several powerful quakes in the southern and central parts of the country, which caused wide-scale destruction and deaths. (Xinhua)
