Earthquake Rattles Southern Mexico

Mexico City, Feb 9 – Southern Mexico was roiled Monday evening by an earthquake registering a magnitude of 5.9 on the Richter scale, the country’s national seismological service said.

There were no immediate reports of damage.

The epicentre was off the coast of the state of Oaxaca.

In Mexico City, high-rise buildings were evacuated, though the quake was not widely felt in the capital.

Posted by Vamban on Feb 9, 2010 @ 7:30 AM Filed under America, World News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry

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