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Major quake shakes southern Mexico, at least six killed

The wall of a house damaged during a quake is seen in Oaxaca, Mexico June 23, 2020.

A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.4 struck southern Mexico’s Pacific coast on Tuesday, killing at least six people and cutting off isolated villages, as well as causing damage to buildings hundreds of miles away in Mexico City.

The fatalities were near the quake’s centre in Oaxaca, a mountainous state known for its coffee, mescal and Spanish colonial architecture.

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