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Aftershock hits Mexico after massive earthquake

Mexico City (AP):   A magnitude 5.8 aftershock in southern Mexico has caused tall buildings in Mexico City to briefly shutter, about an hour after a 7.2 quake sent people running into the streets.

RELATED: Massive earthquake shakes south and central Mexico

The U.S. Geological Survey says Friday’s second tremor was centered near the earlier quake in Mexico’s Oaxaca state.

The shaking jangled nerves in central Mexico, a region still jittery over  a magnitude 7.1 earthquake on Sept. 19th that caused 228 deaths in the capital and 141 more in nearby states.  Many buildings i9n Mexico City are still damaged from that quake

 

 

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