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| Multiple earthquakes hit southern Mexico coast - Mexican SMN, USGS | |
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| Mexico’s southern state of Oaxaca registered at least four earthquakes in the early hours of Saturday morning, ranging between magnitudes of 4.1 and 5.8 on the Richter scale. | |
| A total of three earthquakes off the coast of Paredon were recorded by the USGS, at depths ranging from 74.2km to 10km. | |
| The most recent quake was a 5.8 magnitude earthquake at a depth of 74.2km at 10:38 GMT. | |
| Mexico's National Seismological Service has recorded a total of four earthquakes in as many hours in the Gulf of Tehuantepec off the coast of states Chiapas and Oaxaca. | |
| The country is still reeling from a powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake which wreaked havoc on the capital Mexico City as well as several other cities in the center of the country on Tuesday. | |
| Over 220 people are confirmed to have died as a result of the tremor, and though rescue operations are still ongoing there is little hope of pulling survivors from the rubble at this stage. | |
| READ MORE: Over 200 dead as powerful 7.1 earthquake destroys buildings in central Mexico | |
| Mexico lies at the meeting point of three major tectonic plates, and it is therefore prone to multiple earthquakes within a short time, as have occurred in recent weeks. |