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RE: Mexico Quake

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A powerful 6.7 magnitude earthquake shook Mexico on Saturday, knocking out lights in parts of the capital and sending people rushing into the streets.
Reuters reporters in Mexico City said the earthquake seemed to go on for an unusually long period. There were no immediate reports of damage but residents ran out of apartment buildings and stores.
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Update:
A strong magnitude 6.5 earthquake occurred at 01:47:26 (UTC) on Sunday, December 11, 2011, in the Guerrero region, 42 km SW of Iguala, at a depth of 64.9 km.

Location 18.038°N, 99.796°W

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A strong magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurred at 01:47:26 (UTC) on Sunday, December 11, 2011, in the Guerrero region, 34 km NNW from Chichihualco, at a depth of 58.1 km.

Location 17.970°N, 99.763°W

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A strong magnitude 6.5 earthquake occurred at 12:32:00 (UTC) on Tuesday, November 01, 2011, in the Revilla Gigedo islands region, 227 km NE of Socorro Island, at a depth of 5 km.

Location 19.889°N, 109.174°W

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Atlacomulco is a city and municipality located in the northwest of the State of Mexico in central Mexico, 63 km from the state capital of Toluca.
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A strong magnitude 6.5 earthquake occurred at 13:11:24 (UTC) on Thursday, April 07, 2011, in the Veracruz region, 91 km SSE of Coatzacoalcos, at a depth of 167.4 km.

Location 17.431°N, 93.978°W

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A strong magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurred at 02:12:00 (UTC) on Tuesday, August 24, 2010, off the coast of Jalisco region, 290 km SW of Puerto Vallarta, at a depth of 10 km.

Location 18.867°N, 107.327°W

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A strong magnitude 6.2 earthquake occurred at 07:22:28 (UTC) on Wednesday, June 30, 2010, in the Oaxaca region, 125 km WSW of Oaxaca, at a depth of 20 km.

Location 16.527°N, 97.760°W

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NASA Radar Images Show How Mexico Quake Deformed Earth

NASA has released the first-ever airborne radar images of the deformation in Earth's surface caused by a major earthquake -- the magnitude 7.2 temblor that rocked Mexico's state of Baja California and parts of the American Southwest on April 4.
The data reveal that in the area studied, the quake moved the Calexico, Calif., region in a downward and southerly direction up to 80 centimetres.
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