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| MEXICO CITY — A strong earthquake shook southern Mexico on Tuesday, causing buildings in Mexico City — more than 300 miles away — to sway and prompting residents to flee their homes and offices and seek safety on the streets under open sky. | |
| The earthquake’s magnitude was 7.5, according to Mexico’s national seismological service, and it was centered in the Pacific Ocean, about 14 miles off the coast, south of Santa María Huatulco, a beach town in the southern state of Oaxaca that is popular with tourists. It struck at 10:29 a.m. local time. | |
| The U.S. Geological Survey estimated the magnitude at 7.4, and placed the epicenter about 12 miles inland; it is not unusual for preliminary measurements to vary. | |
| There were no immediate reports of significant damage in the region, which is largely rural. The nearest sizable city is Oaxaca, the state capital, about 90 miles away. | There were no immediate reports of significant damage in the region, which is largely rural. The nearest sizable city is Oaxaca, the state capital, about 90 miles away. |
| The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said there was a “potential threat” of a tsunami along the coasts of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. | The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said there was a “potential threat” of a tsunami along the coasts of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. |
| “So far we haven’t received reports of damage,” President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said in a video posted on his Twitter account. “We’ll be informing everyone and staying calm.” | “So far we haven’t received reports of damage,” President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said in a video posted on his Twitter account. “We’ll be informing everyone and staying calm.” |
| Another quake, estimated by the U.S.G.S. at 4.9 magnitude, struck the same region late Monday night. | |
| The mayor of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum, said neither the city’s security command center nor officials conducting overflights of the municipality had reported any “serious” impacts from the earthquake. | |
| Elda Cantú contributed reporting from Mexico City. | Elda Cantú contributed reporting from Mexico City. |