Tuesday, 20 March 2012

Mexico Hit By Large Earthquake

Mexico was hit by a large earthquake today (Tuesday 20th March). The quake measured 7.6 on the Richter Scale and was centred near Acapulco. The earthquake was quite shallow at only 18km. Reporters in Mexico City over 300km said buildings swayed for over 1 minute sending people into the streets. At present there are no reports of damage, deaths or injury.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-17452834

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