April 27, 2009

Earthquake strikes near Acapulco, Mexico

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, an earthquake measuring 6.0 in magnitude struck the city of Guerrero, Mexico, located about 43 miles northeast of Acapulco.

CNN reports there are no visible signs of damage and residents are generally in "high spirits."

Twitterers in Mexico and across the world expressed their concern.

  1. Jonathan Cooper
    jcooper5 (Mexico) Just experienced his first earthquake. Acapulco Mexico. Ay ya ya
  2. Omar Ramirez
    Omar_Ramirez (Guadalajara, Mexico) earthquake in Mexico... and swineflu... maybe the Mexican apocalypses is coming! o_O
  3. Victoria Nito
    vikiero (Mexico City, Mexico) I ALMOST DIE!!!!!! IN MEXICO A FEW MINUTES AGO WAS A TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKE .. EVERYTHING AROUND ME MOVE AND MOVE
  4. sdp
    sdphost (Mexico City, Mexico) Stolen iphone, stolen car, Swine Flu and now Earthquake. Thanks for letting me feel welcome Mexico City.
  5. Construction
    SimpleJack (Pasadena, Calif.) Great... My Dad was in Mexico City but left because of the Bird/Swine flu and now Gets a 6.2 Earthquake in Acapulco (45 miles west)...
  6. Kwabena Poku
    smoagyemang (Accra, Ghana) an earthquake just hit near acapulco Mexico reports CNN. first it was the SWINE FLU now an EARTHQUAKE..makes me wonder how prepared is GHANA
  7. Keith Blanchard
    KeithBlanchard (New Jersey) Poor Mexico! First the swine flu, and now an earthquake in Acapulco. (http://tinyurl.com/mexicoquake). Then the swine flu again

The following account was sent to Breaking Tweets via email from Connie O'Kane:

"My son, his wife and baby were in Acapulco on vacation this week. On the 27th, they were in a hotel on the 14th floor. They were shaken badly and really scared. Across the street there was a parking garage which collapsed and killed a family of 4 in their car. Really sad for them what with the flu going on also."

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