There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries from the quake, which measured 7.2 in magnitude, according to Mexico's National Seismological Service and the US Geological Survey. Panicked residents flooded into the street, fearing a repeat of two earthquakes last September that caused buildings to collapse and killed 465 people combined. The latest tremor comes less than six months after last year's devastating earthquakes in central and southern Mexico. Then on September 19 -- the 32nd anniversary of a huge 1985 quake that killed 10,000 people -- another 7.1 quake rocked the country, leaving 369 people dead. The US Geological Survey put the latest quake's epicenter 37 kilometers (22 miles) northeast of Pinotepa de Don Luis, in the southwestern state of Oaxaca.

Source: The Nation Bangkok February 17, 2018 00:56 UTC