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A child cries and residents gather in the street after a powerful earthquake struck western Mexico, shaking buildings in the capital on the anniversary of two major tremors in 1985 and 2017. The national seismological agency reported the quake was of magnitude 7.4, while the United States Geological Survey estimated it at 7.6. IMAGES
Mexico City, Oct 11 (EFE).- The Mexican National Gas Association protested Monday with an indefinite strike and street closings due to the increase in fuel prices defined by the Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE).The gas carriers demonstrated outside the Ministry of Energy (Sener), in the south of Mexico City, where they warned of the strike of 10,000 employees, 6,500 units and more than 100 gas stations in the Valley of Mexico, with the possibility of other regions in the country joining the strike as well. (Camera: MIGUEL ÁNGEL ANDRADE).SHOT LIST: MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GAS ASSOCIATION PARTICIPATE IN A DEMONSTRATION IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO.
Residents of Mexico City described their ordeals the morning after a deadly earthquake on Wednesday killed over 200 people and destroyed several dozen buildings. One survivor described how she was unable to escape her apartment and could only look on in horror as the quake shook the building. A different resident was able to leave her apartment, but feared for her life in doing so.
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