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Strong quake shakes Mexico City without causing damage suffered no damage (Roundup)
May 23, 2009, 1:07 GMT
Mexico City - A quake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale shook Mexico City Friday, sending thousands of people pouring onto the streets.
The tremor at 1924 GMT briefly interrupted telephone and subway services. Mayor Marcelo Ebrard said officials had examined important infrastructure such as hospitals, the water supply and important buildings and that they had escaped major damages.
The strength of the quakes was revised downward from 5.9 by the National Seismological Institute.
The epicentre of the quake was in the state of Puebla, 170 kilometres southeast of the Mexican capital, according to the National Meteorological Service, and the phenomenon was felt in many areas in central Mexico.
The 19-million residents of Mexico City live in a region that is often shaken by earthquakes. In 1985, a 8.1 magnitude quake killed 10,000 people.
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