Article 54Y51 Mexico earthquake: deaths as 7.5-magnitude tremor hits Oaxaca state

Mexico earthquake: deaths as 7.5-magnitude tremor hits Oaxaca state

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Tom Phillips, David Agren in Mexico City, and Anal
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Quake strikes in south of country but is felt more than 400 miles away in Mexico City

A 7.5-magnitude earthquake has rattled large swaths of southern and central Mexico, killing at least five people.

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said one person was killed in a building collapse in Huatulco, Oaxaca, while state governor Alejandro Murat said a second person was killed in an apparent house collapse in the mountain village of San Juan Ozolotepec and a third died in circumstances he did not explain.

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