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Earthquake of magnitude 6.0 strikes Mexico; no reports of damage or casualties yet
Fp Staff •An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 shook Mexico at 10.56 am local time on Saturday.

Mexican chopper surveying earthquake damage crashes in Santiago Jamiltepec; 13 killed, over 15 injured
•At least 13 people on the ground, including three children, were killed when a Mexican military helicopter carrying top officials surveying damage from an earthquake crashed in a small town in the southern state of Oaxaca

Helicopter carrying Mexican ministers on way to survey earthquake damage crashes; 13 including three children killed
•Thirteen people, including three children, were killed when a cabinet ministers helicopter crash-landed on the way to the epicentre of an earthquake

Powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake slams south, central Mexico; no immediate reports of deaths
•Crowds gathered on Mexico City's central Reforma Avenue as well as on streets in Oaxaca state's capital, nearer the quake's epicentre

'Day of the Dead' parade in Mexico City honours earthquake victims, rescuers
Fp Staff •Mexico City's central Zocalo plaza was filled by the papier mache dead, skeletal Catrina figures and candle-covered shrines as hundreds gathered to honour the 228 capital residents killed by 19 September earthquake

Five days after Mexico earthquake, hope fades for finding survivors in wrecked buildings
•Five days after the Mexico earthquake, the hulking wreckage of what used to be a seven-story office building is one of the last hopes of finding survivors.

Volcanic ash kills five, causes panic in Mexico after deadly 6.2 magnitude earthquake
•A magnitude 6.2 earthquake that shook Mexico on Saturday was blamed for five deaths, spreading fear among a population reeling from multiple natural disasters

Mexico earthquake: President Enrique Pena Nieto announces aid for reconstruction of houses
Ians •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.

Mexico earthquake: Rescue workers continue desperate search for signs of life on fourth day
Fp Staff •Mexico waited anxiously for signs of life in the rubble of collapsed buildings as a desperate search for survivors of a devastating earthquake entered a fourth day.

Mexico earthquake: Anxious wait for signs of life continues as death toll rises to 272
•Mexico waited anxiously for signs of life in the rubble of collapsed buildings as a desperate search for survivors of a devastating earthquake entered a third day.


