Moderately strong earthquake shakes Mexico coast and capital; some damage, no deaths

Thursday, August 22, 2013

Moderately strong earthquake shakes Mexico coast and capital; some damage, no deaths

(Bernardino Hernandez/ Associated Press ) - The wall of a home is missing after it fell during an earthquake in Acapulco, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake had a magnitude of 6.2 and was centered on the Pacific coast, near the resort of Acapulco.

By Associated Press, Published: August 21

ACAPULCO, Mexico — A moderately strong earthquake struck near Mexico’s Pacific coast resort of Acapulco on Wednesday, causing cracks in some buildings and knocking bricks and plaster off other structures.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake at 7:38 a.m. (8:38 a.m.; 1238 GMT) had a magnitude of 6.2. It was centered near the Pacific coast and about 60 miles (100 kilometers) east of Acapulco.In public hearings in Seoul this week, testimony turned a long-awaited investigation into horrifying theater.
No significant injuries were reported, but a chunk of ornamental plaster work fell off the facade of one hotel on Acapulco’s once-glamorous main boulevard. Cracks were found in the walls of a university in Acapulco and a concrete entrance gate at a local military base collapsed, said Victor Torres Ruiz, the spokesman for the state government of Guerrero, where Acapulco is located.
An apartment block also suffered structural damage, according to Constantino Gonzalez Vargas, head of the state civil defense office.
Ezequiel Baltazar was driving his daughter to school in Acapulco along with his wife when the quake struck and a large chunk of rock fell from the hillside onto the trunk of his car.
“Fortunately, my wife and my daughter are OK. They just were panicked,” Baltazar said.

Read More Here