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    6.2 quake hits off coast of southern Mexico

    MEXICO CITY (AP) — A magnitude-6.2 earthquake that hit off the coast of the southern Mexican state of Chiapas on Saturday shook as far away as El Salvador but brought no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

    The quake at 12:47 p.m. local time (1:47 p.m. EST; 18:47 GMT) broke windows in the Chiapas state capital of Tuxtla Gutierrez and sent frightened residents into the streets in numerous cities. It was felt from the Mexican state of Veracruz, through Pacific regions of Guatemala and into El Salvador.

    "It was quite long and felt with a lot of force," said Carlos Lopez Mendoza, spokesman with the Red Cross in El Salvador.

    The temblor, which some said felt like waves, also shook the Mexican cities of Comitan and Tapachula, said Jose Manuel Aragon, spokesman for the Chiapas Civil Protection agency.

    The U.S. Geological Survey said the epicenter was in the Pacific Ocean about 35 miles (57 kilometers) southwest of the city of Mapastepec, on the coast near the border with Guatemala. It had a depth of 41 miles (66 kilometers.)

    "People here wanted to run," said Juan Carlos Hernandez, a restaurant owner in Mapastepec. "Luckily it was nothing bigger than a scare."

     
    • Giovanni  •  Los Angeles, California  •  4 mths ago
      whatever happens to other people, will eventually happen to all of us. we are not inmune to other people tragedies. just remember, we live on the same planet. just different countries. so we shouldn`t make fun of other people misfortune.
      • JC 4 mths ago
        Very well said Giovanni.
      • DarkColdWinter 4 mths ago
        Horse hockey....if mexico get sucked into the abyss.....I will laugh my arse off....any misfortune third world chitholes like mexico get is deserved badly...
      • Mary 4 mths ago
        We have been lucky here in the US, our day is coming.
    • Bill  •  4 mths ago
      Ive been through a few quakes, they are scary. You sit these thinking...when is it going to end and how bad is it going to get. NO Fun!
      • Anna 4 mths ago
        I have felt some tremors in MX....and when cement and marble shake, you feel it!
      • A Yahoo! User 4 mths ago
        Earthquakes are not scary. I love it. They are amazing. They are one of my delicacies. I LUV IT! Earthquakes are my passion. Uhhh, I love it. It is fun. It is like Disneyland.
      • They Killed My Hero 4 mths ago
        I like earthquakes. It's awesome to experience the impersonal power of nature. An earthquake is a rare and fleeting occurrence.
    • Brian  •  Frederick, Maryland  •  4 mths ago
      I just got back from Puerto Vallarta, missed it
    • A Yahoo! User  •  4 mths ago
      its amazing how many people can only make comments about the drug cartels....come on ,if they stopped them how else will the politicians on both sides of the border make a living? remember the saying how much does a politician make......answer ANY GIVEN AMOUNT.
    • SUP FOO  •  4 mths ago
      whole lota shakein goin on:)
    • Tess  •  La Junta, Colorado  •  4 mths ago
      There are approx 20 to 25 earthquakes EVERY day on this earth that are 4.5 & Greater.
      There are approx. 30+ earthquakes EVERY day on earth that are 4.4 or less.
      All you need to do is go to the USGS Earthquake reporting site online for publice use it is updated continually!
      It doesn't make it any less tragic for those suffering (God Bless) Them.
      My reference is just information if anyone is interested!
      • Pathfinder 47 4 mths ago
        Tess: we already know this info. They only report it when its close to inhabited areas. Most of them are oceanic.
      • joe70 4 mths ago
        must be a lot of fracking going on!!
      • Yu-Yo 4 mths ago
        Good to see someone put news in perspective. Only a couple hundred of Mexico's over 112 million inhabitants felt this tiny earthquake and it wasn't even reported in mexican news media. I doubt there was even structural damage done to houses and much less anyone that got injured except for psycho women with brief panic attacks.
    • CYNTHIA  •  Irvine, California  •  4 mths ago
      Hope everyone is OK. God bless them
      • Cal 4 mths ago
        I agree. May God bless anyone involved with this problem. Get ready everybody. An earthquake is coming to America and it's going to hit where everyone will least expect it.
      • RJ 4 mths ago
        God? Hahahaha. We dont need no stinkin god
      • My Opinion 4 mths ago
        @ RJ - you need all the help you can get.
    • don  •  4 mths ago
      They must have been FRACKING!!!!LOL
    • Dave  •  Helsingfors, Finland  •  4 mths ago
      I do not wish this for the normall or good people of Mexico trying to live their lives in peace but i do wish God would send a huge punishment to the Politicians , Drug Leaders, and all those who cause death , dying , and corruption in Mexico. Mexico will never be a clean country from all this evil by human doing. The generation that is alive there now has to wipped off the face of this earth to stop the evil and paganism going on in Mexico. These are the same people who were Aztecks and they did ritual murder, magic, voodo and what ever else. Their civilaization was wiped and or dispersed for a reason. And this is not meant to be racist towards Mexicans. There are some good among the Mexican people but also alot of really bad and corrupt nasty ones too.
    • z  •  4 mths ago
      I quess gas prices will go up!
    • Douglass  •  Jacksonville, Florida  •  4 mths ago
      Woow another earthquake , not getting a lot of tv news coverage in the USA
    • Tom  •  Putnam, Texas  •  4 mths ago
      I'm being told it did 10 million dollars in improvements.
    • flash  •  Olney, Illinois  •  4 mths ago
      I think the EARTH is getting tired of us living on its skin! We have got to be an awful ichy bunch of nitwitts
    • Jim B  •  4 mths ago
      Probably less death from the earthquake than from Mexicans killing each other in that space of time. The headless bodies are too much to hear about.
    • Karl  •  Norton, Virginia  •  4 mths ago
      I feel for them. Mexican building codes are not the best for that scenario!
    • Ally  •  4 mths ago
      It would be great if a quake would just open up there and swallow all heads of drug cartell, drug dealers and those committing the atrocious murders we hear about......
    • A  •  4 mths ago
      One of those needs to hit Washington DC
    • Anthony  •  4 mths ago
      What excuses will our leaders come up with to increase our cost of living due to this ??
    • mary  •  4 mths ago
      too bad all the drug lords did not get destroyed in the earthquake
    • El Bot  •  New York, New York  •  4 mths ago
      Now that's a deep rooted earth quake.
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