MEXICO CITY: A magnitude 6.0 earthquake rattled the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca last night, the country’s National Seismological Service announced
The service reported on the social network X, formerly Twitter, that the epicentre of the quake was in the town of Matias Romero, in Oaxaca.
A seismic alarm was activated in Mexico City more than 500km away, where dozens of people evacuated their homes.
The mayor of the capital, home to nearly nine million people, Marti Batres, said on X that “a slight tremor was felt” in the city, adding that “no damage has been reported so far”.