墨西哥南部發生7.6級地震 羣衆：整個世界在震動
Strong tremors were felt in Mexico City and prompted panicked residents to flee from shaking buildings yesterday as a powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake jolted Mexico's Pacific coast.
The quake, which struck at 12:02 local time yesterday (2:02am today Beijing Time), had a depth of 17.50 km, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).
The epicenter was located 193 kilometers east of the famous Mexican tourist resort of Acapulco on the Pacific coast in Guerrero state, the USGS said.
Mexico's President Felipe Calderon said in his Twitter account that no severe damages have been reported.
Buildings in the Mexico City swayed amid strong tremors and residents ran out of their homes into the streets.
Residents told Xinhua that buildings in the populous central residential area of Condesa in Mexico city shook for several minutes.
"This was terrifying, it was without doubt the strongest earthquake I have ever experienced here," a terrified resident told Xinhua on the street after fleeing from a building.
Shortly after the tremor stopped, ambulance sirens were heard in many parts of the Mexican capital which is home to some 20 million people.
"There was earth and smoke coming from below the ground, even the tallest of the buildings in Reforma Avenue were swaying wildly from side to side and windows were crashing around us," said Maria Gonzalez, a worker who was at the city' financial district next to the Mexican Stock Exchange when the quake happened.
"The whole ground started moving below me where I was walking, people were terrified. This felt as strong as in 1985," said Gonzalez, referring to the 8.0-magnitude quake which killed over 10,000 people in Mexico in 1985 and left the capital in ruins.
Mobile telephone networks crashed and power outlets were cut in several parts of the city, but internet services was reported to be working.
【新聞快訊】
北京時間今天凌晨2點02分，墨西哥南部格雷羅州阿卡普爾科市附近地區發生里氏7.6級地震，震源深度爲17.5公里。首都墨西哥城震感強烈，建築物搖晃，不少民衆擁到街上，手機信號暫時中斷。
墨西哥位於環太平洋地震帶東部，多個板塊在此交匯，因此墨西哥所處區域爲全世界最重要的地震高發區之一，一位墨西哥城的居民說，平時，他們經常能感覺到輕微的地震，但是這一次明顯與往常不同。羣衆：我嚇壞了，我感到整個世界都在震動，震得很厲害。我們平時也經常能感覺到一些小地震，一般也就幾秒鐘，但這一次持續的時間格外長，大約有兩分鐘左右。我當時在工作，馬上跑出了辦公樓，街上有很多人，但是我沒有看到救護車什麼的，一切還算正常。
震區當地官員稱，已經收到500座房屋受損的報告，但還沒有收到人員傷亡情況的報告。
