A large earthquake hits Mexico
A large earthquake has struck near Acapulco on Mexico's Pacific coast.
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake had a magnitude of 7.4 and put the epicentre at 15 miles (25km) east of Ometepec, in Guerrero state, the BBC reported.
Eleven people were injured in the quake, two of them seriously, Interior Minister Alejandro Poire said.
Witnesses in the capital, Mexico City, said the tremor sent office workers rushing out onto the streets.
Seismologists and civil protection officials said where the earthquake hit and how it hit appear to have limited the damage, along with improved construction in the capital following a massive 1985 quake.
There were reports of damaged buildings but none were reported to have collapsed on the Oaxaca side of the border, said civil protection spokeswoman Cynthia Tovar said. In Guerrero, home to Acapulco where little damage was reported, officials say about 800 homes were damaged and 60 collapsed.
Authorities said the absence of tall buildings in the mountainous rural area is one reason for the lack of casualties.