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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 rattles southern and central Mexico

Mexico Earthquake - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A strong earthquake rattled southern and central Mexico on Friday, interrupting President Claudia Sheinbaum ’s first press briefing of the new year as seismic alarms sounded.

The earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 and its epicenter was near the town of San Marcos in the southern state of Guerrero near the Pacific coast resort of Acapulco, according to Mexico ’s national seismological agency.

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