By Jorge Calvillo (staff@latinospost.com) | First Posted: May 09, 2014 12:51 AM EDT
Tags 6.6 Degree Earthquake Mexico, world, Latino

A strong earthquake of a 6.6 magnitude in the Richter scale shook Mexico City on Thursday, without there being reports of victims or considerable damage.

According to the National Seismological Service (SSN) of Mexico, the movement happened at around 12:00 hours, local time, and that its epicenter was located close to Técpan, in the state of Guerrero. The earthquake, which had an approximate duration of one minute, could be strongly felt in the states of Guerrero, Morelos, Mexico State and the Federal District, among other places.

The Thursday quake was located northeast of Acapulco, Guerrero, about 28 kilometers southwest of Técpan (62,000 inhabitants), in the same region where on April 18, a 7.2 earthquake was registered, according to newspaper The Star in its website.

According to newspaper USA Today, the quake alarm in Mexico City was activated about 68 seconds before the earthquake could actually be felt, and thousands of workers in Federal District buildings evacuated their offices and workplaces and into the streets while the emergency passed.

The mayor of Mexico City, Miguel Ángel Mancera, reported through his Twitter account that emergency protocols were activitated throughout the city and that civil protection units patrolled the streets to quantify the possible damages caused by the quake.


"No reports of damage so far! State monitoring does not report damages," tweeted the national coordinator of Mexico's Civil Protection, Luis Felipe Fuente. Until now, no tsunami alerts have activated following Thursday's quake.

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