Mexico City rattled by 2nd quake...06/22/99

           MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico's second strong earthquake in a week destroyed five homes            and damaged hundreds of others in southwestern Mexico Monday. The 5.8-magnitude temblor            also swayed buildings in the capital and sent workers swarming into the streets. There was no            report of any widescale damage in Mexico City. The homes were destroyed in the municipality            of Coahuyutla in Guerrero state, near the quake epicenter, said deputy mayor Lorenzo Deloya            Linares. He said 800 others were damaged. Mexico's National Seismological Service placed the            temblor's strength at 5.8 - considerably weaker than the 6.7-magnitude quake that struck central            Mexico June 15, killing 17 and injuring 200.

 

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