PALENQUE : Mexico - A strong 6.9 magnitude earthquake rocked parts of southern Mexico and Guatemala on Monday, killing one person and injuring another as shockwaves toppled walls and caused landslides.
The US Geological Survey - which revised down the magnitude from 7.1 - said the quake struck the Pacific coast of Mexico’s Chiapas state at about 1124 GMT at a depth of 60 kilometers (37 miles).
And the epicenter was located just two kilometers from the Mexican town of Puerto Madero, and 200 kilometers from Guatemala City.
With no tsunami warnings were issued in the area.
In Mexico, one man was reported dead in the town of Huixtla after a wall fell on him, the Chiapas state civil protection department reported.
Buildings and highways were cracked, and mountain roads collapsed. At the airport in Tapachula, ceilings caved in but flights were still operating.
Authorities were assessing damage in other areas of Chiapas, one of Mexico’s poorest states.
In Guatemala, one person was injured when a wall collapsed on him at his home in the city of San Marcos, about 300 kilometers west of Guatemala City, a fire department spokesman said.
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