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RandySF

(83,238 posts) Tue Mar 20, 2012, 01:21 PM Mar 2012

Strong earthquake just hit Mexico [View all]

The Associated Press is reporting that a "strong" quake has hit Mexico City.

CNN's Rodrigo Javier also confirmed the earthquake, noting that CNN Mexico's newsroom has been evacuated.

Reuters reports that a 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck near Acapulco, Mexico.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/20/mexico-earthquake-2012_n_1367682.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003

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Strong earthquake just hit Mexico [View all] RandySF Mar 2012 OP

puts it close to Puerto Escondido? ProdigalJunkMail Mar 2012 #1

No, farther north I think... n/t ProdigalJunkMail Mar 2012 #4

Where is Malia Obama? n/t malaise Mar 2012 #2

In Oaxaca. nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #5

How do you know either of those things? Renew Deal Mar 2012 #7

I just posted in the thread the usgs data nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #10

Oh crap! Hadn't thought of that. Hope she's safe. nolabear Mar 2012 #9

It looks like Oaxaca is near the epicenter Renew Deal Mar 2012 #12

Oh, no. EFerrari Mar 2012 #14

Communication lines seem to be down nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #21

She'd better be malaise Mar 2012 #23

Here nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #3

thanks for the detail... n/t ProdigalJunkMail Mar 2012 #6

That far away should be safe - maybe they felt it. jwirr Mar 2012 #44

Oh shit, the communications tower must have gone down again nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #8

How do you know she is coming home? Renew Deal Mar 2012 #11

Call it a sneaky nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #13

Whats a sneaky? Ruby the Liberal Mar 2012 #45

Suspicion nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #46

Thanks malaise Mar 2012 #26

One tip for trying to contact people after earthquakes and such jeff47 Mar 2012 #33

The system is not overloaded nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #35

So that's why my monitor wobbled a little snooper2 Mar 2012 #15

Where are you? Renew Deal Mar 2012 #16

outside Dallas snooper2 Mar 2012 #17

And you felt the earthquake? Renew Deal Mar 2012 #19

not my body, but I swear my monitor moved snooper2 Mar 2012 #20

We had a little jumper nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #22

Map of Location for Epicenter ProdigalJunkMail Mar 2012 #18

Free clue to our breathless media nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #24

Aftershock nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #25

Mexican government is placing this one at 7.8 in the Richter scale nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #27

Media reporting surprisingly little damage or injury. cbayer Mar 2012 #28

The construction standards, especially after 1985 nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #29

Some damage trickles in nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #30

Good news malaise Mar 2012 #31

On Malia and what she might be seeing nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #32

Some boring photos of people milling around nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #34

Well just put on mexican news. nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #36

Ok from the mayor of the city nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #37

As expected, near the epicenter nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #38

Well this is extremely good news nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #39

Telephone lines are saturated. nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #40

Well managed to get through nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #41

Damage still minimal? n/t malaise Mar 2012 #42

Yup nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #43

Great news malaise Mar 2012 #47