6.5 magnitude quake strikes southern Mexico, killing 2

Reuters :

A powerful earthquake shook southern Mexico on Friday morning, damaging roads and hospitals and briefly interrupting President Claudia Sheinbaum’s first press conference of the new year.

A woman, aged 50, died in the southwestern state of Guerrero when her home collapsed due to the tremors, the state’s governor, Evelyn Salgado, said.

Local media also reported that a 67-year-old man died in Mexico City while going down the stairs as he tried to evacuate his apartment building. As the earthquake struck the capital, 180 miles away from the epicentre.