A pair of earthquakes struck Mexico in the early hours of Friday, both centered in Guerrero state on the Pacific coast. The first, rated magnitude 6.2, hit at 12:41 a.m. local time; a second tremor, magnitude 5.4, followed roughly two hours later.
Residents and tourists in Mexico City and the Pacific resort city of Acapulco moved into the streets as the ground shook. Both cities lost power briefly and saw interruptions to cell and landline phone service.
The tremors ignited two gas fires in the capital, both extinguished quickly. Two buildings sustained damage, one still under construction at the time. Civil Protection forces fanned out across the city to inspect structures.
No fatalities were reported. Officials reminded residents that Mexico City occupies an active seismic zone, pointing to a 1985 quake that killed 35,000 people, left more than a million without power for over three days, and severely damaged 32 subway stations.
Historical summary. TurkishPress restated this wire report, first published in April 2007, in its own words.