Strong earthquake shook Mexico: pictures of the moment of the earthquake | It was 6.9 degrees on the Richter scale and killed one

a Magnitude 6.9 earthquake on the Richter scale rocked Mexico City and surrounding areas on Tuesday night. For the time being, one death has been reported and more than a hundred aftershocks nationwide.

The earthquake had its epicenter in the state of Guerrero, in southeastern Mexico, according to the National Seismological Agency. Governor Héctor Astudillo declared that “a man died because a pole fell on him in the municipality of Coyuca de Benítez ”.

“Reports that have come from the seven regions of the state report that the damage was mainly in the landslide and stones, falling tiles and soffits and we reported the unfortunate loss of a person riding a motorbike in Coyuca de Benítez, ”said Astudillo.

The President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, said in the first hours after the earthquake that “there is no damage in Guerrero, only a few stones and collapsed walls, like in Morelos, while ‘there is no serious damage in Mexico City. ”.

Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum wrote on her Twitter account that “so far no serious damage has been reported.

In the Mexican capital the sound of the alarm caused a large part of the population to leave buildings and houses seek shelter in the rain, while there were power cuts, according to the Ansa agency.

The mayor of Acapulco, Adela Román, told Mexico’s Televisa channel that “there is no major damage, there were a lot of aftershocks, people took to the streets with hand lamps. “and that” there are areas of the port “of the city coast” without light and with landslides “.

Likewise, Román pointed out that “many gas leaks” had been detected in residential areas, so they set up shelters for people to sleep in until they checked that their homes were safe.