MEXICO CITY: A strong 6.2-magnitude quake shook Mexico on Saturday, causing panic in traumatized Mexico City, where rescuers trying to free people trapped from this week’s earlier earthquake had to suspend work. However it sparked concern that it could have caused heavy rubble on top of survivors awaiting rescue in Mexico City to shift. Mexican and foreign rescue crews rapidly evacuated sites they were working at as a seismic alarm went off. “Oh God, have mercy,” exclaimed Teresa Martinez, 74, who had run out in to the street for safety. Tuesday’s quake, which toppled 39 buildings in the capital, was the worst earthquake in three decades to hit Mexico City, following one in 1985 that killed 10,000 people.

Source: Manila Times September 23, 2017 15:33 UTC