Overview
- The National Seismological Service recorded a magnitude 6.5 earthquake at 7:58 a.m. local time near San Marcos, Guerrero, with a shallow focus; some outlets later cited a refined magnitude of 6.6.
- Mexico City’s seismic alert sounded, prompting evacuations and briefly halting President Claudia Sheinbaum’s morning conference at Palacio Nacional.
- In the capital, authorities reported 12 injured and confirmed the death of a man in Benito Juárez during evacuation, along with power outages, a substation fire, and fallen trees and posts; Metro operations remained intact after checks.
- Near the epicenter, Guerrero officials reported a woman dead in Las Minas, San Marcos, plus road rockfalls, gas leaks, and minor damage in hospitals at Acapulco and Chilpancingo as assessments continued.
- Hundreds of aftershocks were logged—at least 420 by midday and over 500 reported later—while power restoration advanced and police Cóndor helicopters and civil protection teams carried out aerial and ground inspections.