Earthquake hits southern Mexico
A strong earthquake rattled the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca today, and was felt at least as far away as Mexico City, seismologists said.
The US Geological Survey said the 6.5-magnitude quake was centred in a sparsely populated, mountainous area of Oaxaca, near the southern Pacific coast.
Gilberto Lopez, of the Oaxaca state civil defence department, said his office was still assessing the situation and did not yet know if there were injuries or damage.
The US Geological Survey said the quake hit at 2.22am local time (7.22am Irish time). Its centre was about 75 miles (120km) west-southwest of Oaxaca city, the state capital, and 220 miles (355km) south-southeast of Mexico City.
