Another earthquake shakes jittery Mexico

Mexico City: A strong new earthquake shook Mexico on Saturday, causing new alarm in a country reeling from two yet-more-powerful quakes this month that have killed nearly 400 persons. The US Geological Survey said the new, magnitude 6.1 temblor was centered about 18 km southeast of Matias Romero in the state of Oaxaca, which was the region most battered by a magnitude 8.1 quake on September 7. It was among thousands of aftershocks recorded in the wake of that earlier quake, the most powerful to hit Mexico in 32 years, which killed at least 90 people. There were some early reports of damage in Oaxaca. AFP