Strong quake shakes Mexico, causing panic

MEXICO CITY: A strong earthquake shook southern and central Mexi causing panic less than six months after two devastating quakes that killed hundreds of people.

- ing to early reports. But two towns and state authorities said they had opened emergency shelters.

en route to the scene carrying the killing two people on the ground even as the passengers survived.

- mological Service and the US magnitude at 7.2.

- tem and caused buildings to sway in the capital. It was also felt in the states

caused buildings to collapse and killed a total of 465 people.

upset. We start crying whenever the Agence France-Presse through tears after evacuating from his building in

A patient is evacuated from a hospital during a powerful earthquake in Mexico City on Friday ( Thursday in Manila).

swayed beneath her feet. Standing in the middle of the -

“It was terribly strong. We barely managed to get down the stairs. It was told Agence France-Presse.

“We thought everything was

they were inspecting buildings which are especially vulnerable to collapse.

said the emergency response chief

President Enrique Peña Nieto tweeted that the National Emer - vated because of the magnitude of the quake.

Emergency management authorities said there were no reports of major damage so far.

- ed some structural damage to

“Shelters have already been state government said on Twitter.

damage in the capital.