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Three people were killed due to the earthquake on Saturday
posted on: Dec 12 2011 7:30 by RDugey. Viewed 20 times.
A quake of 6.
5 degrees on the Richter scale caused Saturday in Mexico three dead and triggered scenes of great nervousness in the capital, where there were power cuts and the supply of gas.
Tremor took place at the 19.48 (01.48 Sunday GMT) local time. The seismological service confirmed in his last report a 6.5 magnitude on the Richter scale, after having previously located in 6.8 degrees.
59 Kilometers deep, the epicenter was located in a sparsely inhabited area of the State of Guerrero, 166 kilometres southwest of the capital, according to the seismological service, still preliminary.
The General coordination of Civil protection for the Federal Government confirmed that two of the deaths occurred in the State of Guerrero.
In the town of Iguala, about 44 kilometers from the epicenter, 18-year-old died at the collapse of the roof of a restaurant in tacos. Authorities of Guerrero, without u000aHowever, said the victim had 11 years.
In addition, someone in the 25 years died on a highway leading to the city of Acapulco when colliding his car with rocks that were crumbling of a hill. The co-pilot was wounded, according to protection Civil.
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