Overview
- The magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck at 7:58 a.m. local time on January 2 near San Marcos, Guerrero, triggering Mexico City's seismic alert and evacuations across multiple states.
- A woman died in Las Minas, San Marcos, when her home collapsed, and a man in Mexico City’s Benito Juárez borough died while evacuating his building.
- Mexico City authorities reported 12 injured people and localized incidents including fallen trees and poles, transformer failures and an electrical substation fire that was quickly controlled.
- Guerrero recorded road rockfalls, gas leaks and minor damage in medical facilities, with state and federal civil protection teams conducting ground and aerial assessments.
- The National Seismological Service counted 854 aftershocks by Friday evening, while agencies noted routine early revisions to magnitude and location estimates between SSN and USGS.