Overview
- USGS measured a magnitude 6.5 quake at 7:58 a.m. local time near San Marcos and Rancho Viejo in Guerrero at a depth of about 35 km.
- Seismic alerts prompted mass evacuations across several states and briefly halted President Claudia Sheinbaum’s morning news conference before she returned.
- Officials confirmed two deaths—one woman in Guerrero after a house collapse and one man in Mexico City during evacuation—and reported multiple injuries.
- Guerrero authorities cited landslides and damage in communities near the epicenter, including roughly 50 houses destroyed or cracked in San Marcos, while Mexico City reported minor structural issues.
- Mexico’s seismological service logged about 420 aftershocks with a maximum magnitude of 4.7, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center reported no tsunami threat, and airports in Mexico City and Acapulco noted minor, non-disruptive damage.