Oaxaca, Mexico 7.2 earthquake

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At least 122 aftershocks have occurred in #Oaxaca since the major 7.2 earthquake earlier this evening. https://t.co/67kiQGETGN

— The Weather Channel (@weatherchannel) February 17, 2018

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MEXICO CITY — A 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck MexicoÂ’s southern Pacific Coast on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey.

The quake was reported at 5:39 p.m. local time, shaking buildings about 225 miles away in Mexico City, where the memory of a Sept. 19 earthquake that killed more than 300 people in the capital and other parts of the country is still fresh. FridayÂ’s tremors left tall buildings swaying for more than two minutes.

The epicenter of the quake was near the town of Pinotepa Nacional, in the Pacific state of Oaxaca.

A presidential spokesman, Eduardo Sánchez, told the Televisa network two hours after the earthquake that there were no reports of deaths or injuries.

Luis Felipe Puente, Mexico’s national coordinator of civil protection, wrote on Twitter that there were no immediate reports of major damage. In Oaxaca, the state director of civil protection, Heliodoro Díaz Escárraga, said that homes were damaged in the town of Santa María Chimalapas and walls fell in the town of Jamiltepec.

In Mexico City, the capital, residents streamed from buildings and into the streets, texting to see if their loved ones were safe, gripped by a sense of dread just a few months old.

 17 February 2018 • 12:27am

A powerful earthquake shook south and central Mexico on Friday, causing people to flee buildings and office towers in the country's capital.

Crowds of people streamed out on to the streets of Mexico City as the ground shook as well as on streets in Oaxaca state's capital, nearer the quake's epicenter.

"It was awful," said Mercedes Rojas Huerta, 57, who was sitting on a bench outside her home in Mexico City's trendy Condesa district, too frightened to go back inside. "It started to shake; the cars were going here and there. What do I do?"

Last SeptemberÂ’s seismic eruption has left people frightened at the slightest tremor, and the tears in the faces of those who endured the last major quake were easy to spot on the streets.

Many could be heard repeating the words “Oh God, not again.”

Video footage from inside the Mexico City newsroom of a daily newspaper, Milenio, showed employees ducking underneath desks as light fixtures swung wildly.

People react after an earthquake shook buildings in Mexico City Credit,  (Reuters)

 People embracing in Mexico City, where the effects of a powerful earthquake about 225 miles away were felt. ( Credit Yuri Cortez/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images )

People stand on the street after an earthquake shook buildings in Mexico City

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Debris from buildings in the streets

The first signs of damage is emerging, but the scale of it is far from clear. These images were posted in Oaxaca, the state where the epicentre is located.

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