A seismic tremor of 5.7 on the Richter scale was recorded on Friday evening in the state of Guerrero (West) in Mexico, the Mexican Seismological Service said.
The epicenter of the shock, which caused no casualties or damage, was located 59 km east of the city of San Marcos, in the state of Guerrero, the Service said.
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In the resort town of Acapulco, near the epicenter, the quake was felt more intensely, forcing many tourists to leave their hotels.
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We panicked ... I couldn't go out because one of my daughters was taking a bath,
" Virginia Hernandez, a tourist from Mexico on vacation in Acapulco, told the local press.
The earthquake sparked some nervous reactions among the population in the capital, Mexico City, where the shock was barely noticeable but where warning sirens were heard, according to the mayor of the city.
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After a helicopter overflight (...) and a consultation of the services concerned, we found no damage in Mexico,
" wrote Claudia Sheinbaum on her Twitter account.
Dozens of people living in the central Doctores district quickly took to the streets, according to an AFP journalist.
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Mexico, with its long coastline on the Pacific coast, is the scene of many earthquakes.
In September 2017, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake killed 370 people and injured more than 7,000, mainly in Mexico City.
In 1985, an 8.2 magnitude earthquake killed thousands of Mexicans.
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