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People stitchery extracurricular connected the sidewalk aft a beardown earthquake was felt, successful the Roma vicinity of Mexico City, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021. The quake struck confederate Mexico adjacent the edifice of Acapulco, causing buildings to stone and sway successful Mexico City astir 200 miles distant (AP Photo/Leslie Mazoch)

A almighty earthquake struck adjacent the Pacific edifice metropolis of Acapulco connected Tuesday night, causing buildings to stone and sway successful Mexico City astir 200 miles away.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.0 and was centered was centered 17 kilometers (about 10 miles) northeast of Acapulco.

The politician of Acapulco, Adela Román, said successful connection to the tv quality outlet Milenio that “there is nary truly superior situation” truthful acold and nary reports of casualties.

“There are tense breakdowns, radical are disquieted due to the fact that determination person been aftershocks,” she said, adding that determination are "many state leaks successful galore places” arsenic good arsenic immoderate landslides and fallen walls.

In Mexico City, the crushed shook for astir a infinitesimal successful immoderate parts of the capital, but was little evident successful different parts. Some radical evacuated their buildings briefly, but astir rapidly went backmost wrong connected a rainy night.

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Mexico City authorities said determination were nary aboriginal reports of important harm successful the city, though they said energy was knocked retired successful immoderate neighborhoods.

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