Strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake shakes Mexico as country continues to recover from last week's tremors
Mexico’s Oaxaca region was shaken by a 6.1-magnitude earthquake Saturday that downed a highway bridge, damaged homes and buildings and rattled people
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A strong 6.2-magnitude quake shook Mexico on Saturday, causing panic in traumatized Mexico City, where rescuers trying to free people trapped from this week’s earlier earthquake had to suspend work. AFP
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The president of Mexico Enrique Pena Nieto has announced aid for the reconstruction of houses damaged in the 7 September quake in the states of Oaxaca and Chiapas. AP
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The president said that in Santiago Niltepec and throughout the states of Oaxaca and Chiapas, the census of earthquake-affected people was complete and reconstruction work will start from next week. AP
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Meanwhile, outdoor cremations are being organised for the hundreds of people who lost their lives in the earthquake last week
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Many residents are spending nights in parks and plazas, in tents or makeshift shelters, unable or unwilling to return to their homes as authorities report aftershocks. AP


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