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Associated Press

A powerful earthquake struck near the Pacific resort city of Acapulco on Tuesday night, causing buildings to rock and sway in Mexico City nearly 320km (200 miles) away, but officials said there were no reports of serious damage or injuries.
The US Geological Survey said the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.0 and was centred 17km (about 10 miles) northeast of Acapulco.
“We heard loud noise from the building, noise from the windows, things fell inside the house, the power went out,” said Sergio Flores, an Acapulco resident. “We heard leaking water, the water went out of the pool and you heard people screaming, very nervous people.”

All he could do when it started shaking was hug his wife, Flores said. He saw people leaving hotels around the bay and some running into parking decks to remove their cars, fearing a collapse.
“We were all worried about some change in the sea, but so far authorities have not said anything about a tsunami alert,” he said.
Guerrero Governor Hector Astudillo said the tsunami alert centre had not registered any variations in the sea level.
The mayor of Acapulco, Adela Roman, said in statement to the television news outlet Milenio that “there is no really serious situation” so far and no reports of casualties.
“There are nervous breakdowns, people are worried because there have been aftershocks,” she said, adding that there are “many gas leaks in many places” as well as some landslides and fallen walls.
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President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said via Twitter that authorities in the four states that most felt the earthquake told him there were no victims or serious damage beyond some collapsed walls and falling rocks.
“Fortunately there is not serious damage,” he said. “Fortunately, so far we don’t have information about the loss of any lives.”
Mexico’s National Civil Defence said it was conducting reviews in 10 states, but had not received reports of victims nor serious damage.
In Mexico City, the ground shook for nearly a minute in some parts of the capital, but the quake was less evident in other parts. Some people evacuated their buildings briefly, but most quickly went back inside on a rainy night.

“I was at home with my mom and my dogs and the seismic alert started to sound,” said Claudia Guarneros, a makeup artist. “My mother was in another room and I started to call her. The house started moving and in the last part of the earthquake the power went out and we couldn’t see anything, we just saw some things falling.”
Mexico City authorities said there were no early reports of significant damage in the city, though electricity was knocked out in some neighbourhoods. Some broken windows in a downtown high rise covered the pavement in glass.
Arturo Hernandez stood outside the relatively new block of flats he moved into just three years ago. Beside it stood a taller building abandoned since the magnitude 7.1 earthquake of September 19, 2017, in neighbouring Puebla state that caused major damage in the capital.
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Hernandez heard the seismic alarm and made it outside before the ground began to shake. The abandoned building next to his continued to crack and moan for three minutes after the shaking stopped, he said. Asked if he had worried about the damaged building next door, he said, “Always, always.”
Tuesday’s earthquake occurred four years to the day after a magnitude 8.2 earthquake that struck off the coast of Mexico’s southern state of Chiapas, largely destroying the town of Juchitan in neighbouring Oaxaca state and killing dozens.


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Earthquakes

Magnitude 7.0 earthquake shakes Mexico

Damaged cars outside a hotel after a quake hit near Acapulco, Mexico. Photo: AFP

epa09454446 Aftermath of a 7.0 magnitude earthquake at the hotels area of Acapulco, Mexico, 07 September 2021. A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Acapulco in southern Mexico, and was felt in Mexico City. EPA-EFE/David Guzman

epaselect epa09454456 View of the damage to buildings due to a 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Acapulco, Mexico, 07 September 2021. A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Acapulco in southern Mexico, and was felt in Mexico City. EPA-EFE/David Guzman EPA-EFE/David Guzman

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A boy grimaces in pain at the Immaculee Conception hospital in Les Cayes, Haiti, three days after an earthquake struck. Photo: AP

Earthquake-displaced children huddle under a piece of plastic the morning after Tropical Storm Grace swept over Les Cayes, Haiti, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021, three days after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake. (AP Photo/Joseph Odelyn)

A man carries the body of a boy, who was found in a collapsed building, into the cemetery in Les Cayes, Haiti, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021, three days after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit. According to an engineer working for Les Cayes Mayor, the boy's body was found Monday amid the rubble of a collapsed hostal. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

A building lays in ruins three days after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake and the morning after Tropical Storm Grace swept over Les Cayes, Haiti, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

US Coast Guard carry medical supplies to the Ofatma Hospital in Les Cayes, Haiti, August 17, 2021. - The death toll from a 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti has risen to 1,941, the Caribbean nation's civil protection agency said Tuesday, as a tropical storm brought torrential downpours on survivors already coping with catastrophe. More than 9,900 people were wounded when the quake struck the southwestern part of the Caribbean nation on Saturday, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) to the west of the capital Port-au-Prince, according to the updated toll. (Photo by Reginald LOUISSAINT JR / AFP)

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A pig that survived for 36 days buried beneath rubble in earthquake-hit southwest China in 2008 has died at the age of 14, its keepers said on Wednesday. Photo: AFP

Zhu Jianqiang, was catapulted to fame and became a symbol of resilience following the devastating 2008 Sichuan earthquake. Photo: Weibo

Zhu became a popular tourist attraction after the Chinese people rallied to make sure the pig was not slaughtered after its rescue. Photo: AFP

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Epicentre was near the beach resort of Acapulco
Quake shook capital several hundred kilometres away



The powerful earthquake struck near the Pacific resort city of Acapulco, causing buildings to rock and sway in Mexico City nearly 320km away.


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Magnitude 7.0 earthquake shakes Mexico

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Epicentre was near the beach resort of Acapulco

Quake shook capital several hundred kilometres away