Strong 6.2 magnitude quake shakes central Mexico: quake monitors

Israeli and Mexican rescue workers use a crane to lift a section of the building as rescue workers race against the clock to reach possible survivors trapped inside a office building in the Roma Norte neighborhood of Mexico City, in the early morning hours of Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017 (AP)

A strong 6.2 magnitude earthquake shook central Mexico on Saturday, days after a powerful quake that killed nearly 300 people, Mexican and US seismological monitors said. The quake struck at 12:53 GMT with an epicenter 19.3 kilometers southeast of the city of Matias Romero, in the state of Oaxaca, the US Geological Survey reported. Mexican quake monitors gave the same figure.

In Mexico City work crews temporarily halted rescue operations, while the country’s Civil Protection service said there were no reports that the new quake — an apparent aftershock of Tuesday’s powerful 7.1 tremor — had affected the capital.