A 7.0 -magnitude earthquake struck Mexico on Tuesday near the Pacific coast, the National Seismological Service said, shaking buildings in the capital several hundred kilometers away. The earthquake struck southern Mexico near the resort of Acapulco on Tuesday night, causing buildings to rock and sway in Mexico City nearly 200 miles away.
The epicenter was 11 kilometers (seven miles) southeast of Acapulco in Guerrero state, the National Seismological Service reported. A man was killed when a utility pole fell on him in the nearby city of Coyuca de Benitez, Guerrero state governor Hector Astudillo told Milenio TV. But President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said in a video message that there were no reports of major damage. Utility poles fell on a number of vehicles in Acapulco and the facade of a church collapsed, according to an AFP correspondent. Tourists evacuated hotels as a series of aftershocks rattled nerves. Power cuts were reported in several states and there was damage as the quake shook hillsides around Acapulco. In Mexico City, the ground shook for nearly a minute in some parts of the capital. There were no early reports of damage. Bordered by the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, Mexico is one of the most seismically active places in the world, sitting atop five tectonic plates including three major ones. A huge earthquake struck the Mexican capital in 1985, killing at least 10,000 people.
