At least 32,000 homes damaged in Mexico
quake
Published on Mar 23, 2012
Members of a family sleep outside their home in fear that aftershocks from Tuesday's 7.4 magnitude quake could cause their
home to collapse in Pinotepa Nacional in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, near the border with Guerrero, on Wednesday March
21, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
CHILPANCINGO, Mexico (AFP) - At least 32,000 homes were damaged by an earthquake in southern
Mexico, but no one was killed and just 13 people were injured, authorities said.
Mr Angel Aguirre, governor of the southern Guerrero state, said on Wednesday that preliminary reports
indicated that 30,000 homes had been damaged, with 800 of them destroyed completely, by Tuesday's
powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake.
He added that a shelter had been set up for some 200 displaced families.
Mr Gabino Cue, governor of the neighboring Oaxaca state, reported that 2,000 homes had been damaged
as well as several public buildings.
The damage was more limited in Mexico City, but Mayor Marcelo Ebrard said some 250,000 people were
without running water because of severed pipes.
The earthquake - with its epicenter south of the Pacific resort of Acapulco - was the most powerful to hit
the country since one in 1985, which destroyed entire neighborhoods of the capital and killed thousands.
More than 40 aftershocks, some of up to 5.0 magnitude, shook the Mexican capital and southern areas in
the aftermath of Tuesday's earthquake, according to the National Seismological Service.
Mexico rattled by 5.2 magnitude aftershock
Published on Mar 23, 2012
MEXICO CITY (AP) - A moderate 5.2-magnitude afterschock and lesser shakes rattled central Mexico on
Thursday, two days after a 7.4 temblor.
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the aftershocks were centred in the same area of
Tuesday' strong quake, in southern Guerrero state along the border with neighbouring Oaxaca state.
USGS geophysicist Paul Caruso said aftershocks may occur weeks, months or even years after a large
quake like Tuesday's.
Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard wrote in his Twitter account that no major damage had been reported
from the 5.2-magnitude aftershock. But some office workers did briefly evacuate downtown buildings.
2 injured in Mexico quake have died, mayor
says
Published on Mar 23, 2012
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Two people caught in this week's big earthquake died on Thursday, the first deaths
reported from the 7.4-magnitude temblor that damaged hundreds of homes in southern Mexico and caused
panic far off in the national capital.
Mr Salvador Cruz Castro, mayor of the Cuajinicuilapa municipality in Guerrero state, said one of the
victims died from injuries caused by a wall falling on him and the other died of complications for a heart
attack suffered during the quake.
Tuesday's earthquake was centred near the border between the southern states of Guerrero and Oaxaca. It
caused about 60 houses to collapse and damaged about 800 more homes.
The quake was one of the strongest in Mexico since an 8.1-magnitude temblor killed an estimated 10,000
people in Mexico City in 1985.
Aftershocks, including a moderate 5.2-magnitude shake, rattled central Mexico on Thursday.
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the aftershocks were centred in the same area as
Tuesday' strong quake.
They were felt 320km away in Mexico City, where people remained nervous and some officer workers
briefly evacuated buildings after the strong aftershock.
Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard wrote in his Twitter account that no major damage had been reported
from the 5.2-magnitude aftershock.
USGS geophysicist Paul Caruso said aftershocks can occur weeks, months or even years after a large
quake like Tuesday's.