Earthquake Measuring 7.0 Hits Off Mexico Coast Jonathan Roeder and Nacha Cattan - Bloomberg News
go to original April 12, 2012

Mexico City buildings shook today during a magnitude 7 earthquake that struck the country’s western coast.

Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard said on his Twitter account that the city’s main services, including subways and hospitals, were working after the quake and no damage had been detected. Some buildings were evacuated in central Mexico City.

“The city is functioning normally,” Ebrard wrote on Twitter.

The temblor hit 42 miles (69 kilometers) northwest of Lazaro Cardenas, in Michoacan state, at 5:55 p.m. local time, the U.S. Geological Survey said in a statement on its website. Several aftershocks were felt shortly afterward.

No damage has been reported immediately in Michoacan, Jose Fernando Barron, head of the state government’s press department, said in a phone interview.

Mexico has experienced a series of quakes in recent weeks. The strongest was a 7.4-magnitude on March 20 that hit near the coastal resort city of Acapulco. The state government of Oaxaca said thousands of homes were damaged because of that quake.

To contact the reporter on this story: Jonathan Roeder in Mexico City at jroeder@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Jonathan Roeder at jroeder@bloomberg.net

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