Mexico hit by massive earthquake, 4 killed

Updated:8 years, 1 month ago

Mexico, Sep 08 (ANI): A deadly magnitude 8.2 earthquake strikes off Mexico's coast, shaking buildings and sending people running into the streets. The epicenter was 76 miles southwest of the town of Pijijiapan in the southern state of Chiapas, and at a depth of 21 miles. Four people were killed in that state, the governor of Chiapas Manuel Velasquez said. Mexico's civil protection agency said the earthquake was stronger than a 1985 tremor that flattened large parts of Mexico City and killed thousands.

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