Earthquake with preliminary magnitude of 6.5 rattles southern, central Mexico

Mexico City, Jan 2 (AP) A strong earthquake rattled southern and central Mexico on Friday, interrupting President Claudia Sheinbaum’s first press briefing of the new year as seismic alarms sounded.

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earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.5, and its epicentre was near the town of San Marcos in the southern state of Guerrero near the Pacific coast resort of Acapulco, according to Mexico’s national seismological agency.

There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. (AP) SKS SKS