The magnitude 8.2 quake struck 100 miles (165km) west of the state of Chiapas just before midnight on Thursday local time. In a series of tweets, Peña Nieto said schools would be closed for the day in Mexico City, the state of Mexico, Chiapas, Hidalgo, Veracruz, Guerrero, Tabasco, Oaxaca, Puebla and Tlaxcala. Facebook Twitter Pinterest People wait on a street in Mexico City after the earthquake. Photograph: Pedro Pardo/AFP/Getty ImagesIn Mexico City, windows were broken at the airport and power went out in several neighbourhoods. Much of Mexico City was built on the soft soil of a former lakebed, leaving it vulnerable to earthquakes.

Source: The Guardian September 08, 2017 05:20 UTC