At least two people were killed and 12 others injured after a 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the southwestern Mexican state of Guerrero on Friday morning, authorities confirmed.
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Mexico’s National Seismological Service (SSN) classified the quake as “severe” and reported its epicenter in the municipality of San Marcos, in Guerrero’s Costa Chica region. The tremor was felt strongly in Mexico City and across several central and southern states. By 5:00 p.m. local time on Friday, January 2, the SSN had registered 816 aftershocks, the strongest reaching magnitude 4.7.
In Mexico City’s Benito Juárez borough, officials confirmed the death of a 60-year-old man. According to an official statement, “during the evacuation due to the earthquake registered this morning, the man left his second-floor apartment, tripped and lost consciousness.” Emergency assistance was requested by building security personnel, and paramedics from the Medical Emergency Regulatory Center (CRUM) responded, “carried out the corresponding examinations and reported that the person no longer showed vital signs.”
✔️ Dos muertos y una docena de fallecidos, por el terremoto que sacudió México este viernes. El sismo tuvo una magnitud de 6.5 en la escala de Richter.
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A second fatality occurred in the community of Las Minas, San Marcos, Guerrero. Municipal authorities reported that an adult woman died when “part of the sheet-metal roof of her home fell on her as she tried to leave the building.”
Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada said that after the seismic response protocol was activated, authorities recorded 12 injured people, the collapse of five utility poles and several trees, and 18 reports of power outages. Two structures are under evaluation due to collapse risk, while 34 buildings and five houses are undergoing preventive inspections.
In San Marcos, Guerrero, more than 350 homes made of adobe and cement suffered varying degrees of damage, and four people were reported injured. Minor landslides were also reported along the Acapulco–Pinotepa Nacional federal highway near the town of La Caridad.
A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck southern Mexico on Friday, killing at least two people.
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At the state level, Civil Protection authorities reported the detachment of part of a hillside near Azinyahualco, in Chilpancingo. In Acapulco, emergency services responded to reports of LP gas leaks, minor structural damage and road landslides.
The Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) activated its emergency response system and reported that by 10:30 a.m. local time (16:30 GMT), 75.93 percent of electricity service had been restored in Guerrero, Mexico City and the State of Mexico. The utility stated that “no damage has been identified in the infrastructure of generating plants” and deployed 354 electrical workers, 79 cranes and 138 vehicles to complete full service restoration.
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