Survivors face new terror as Mexico hit by further quake

A FRESH earthquake shook Mexico yesterday, toppling homes and causing alarm in a country already reeling from two quakes this month that killed nearly 400 people.

The US Geological Survey said the new 6.1-magnitude quake was centred about 11 miles south of Matias Romero in the state of Oaxaca. This region had been hit hardest by the 8.1 quake on September 7, which killed at least 90 people.

There was some damage in Oaxaca but no immediate reports of further deaths.

Buildings swayed in Mexico City, where nerves are still raw from Tuesday’s magnitude 7.1 quake that has killed at least 305 across the region.

Many residents and visitors fled homes, hotels and businesses, some in tears.

At the Xoco General Hospital, which is treating the largest number of quake victims, workers ordered visitors to evacuate when seismic alarms began to blare.

Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera said there were no reports of significant new damage but two people died of apparent heart attacks during the new quake.