MEXICO
Quake sways buildings, rattles nerves in capital
Published: April 28, 2009, 12:30 am
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MEXICO CITY (AP)—A strong earthquake struck central Mexico on Monday, swaying tall buildings in the capital and sending office workers into the streets.
The earthquake rattled nerves in a city already tense from a swine flu outbreak suspected of killing as many as 149 people nationwide.
“I’m scared,” said Sarai Luna Pajas, a 22-year-old social services worker standing outside her office building moments after it hit. “We Mexicans are not used to living with so much fear, but all that is happening— the economic crisis, the illnesses and now this—it feels like the Apocalypse.”
The Interior Ministry said there were no reports of damage anywhere in the country.
The earthquake had a magnitude of 5.6 and was centered near Chilpancingo, about 130 miles southwest of here.
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