7.4 quake shakes Mexico, 100s of homes damaged

March 21, 2012 10:44

A strong 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit southern Mexico, damaging some 800 homes near the epicentre and swaying tall buildings and spreading fear
and panic hundreds of miles away in the capital of Mexico City.

One of the strongest to shake Mexico since the deadly 1985 temblor that killed thousands in Mexico City, yesterday's earthquake hit hardest in border area of southern Oaxaca and Guerrero states.

In Guerrero, officials confirmed that some 800 homes had been damaged, with another 60 having collapsed. Hours after the shaking at noon local time, there were still no reports of death or serious injury, even after a less powerful, magnitude-5.1 aftershock was felt in the capital and several other aftershocks near the epicentre in a mountainous rural region.

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