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Over 300 aftershocks from powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake in Mexico

After the magnitude 7.5 earthquake that struck Mexico on Tuesday morning, 303 aftershocks have been recorded. This was reported through Twitter by the National Seismological Service, which indicated that the largest of them had a magnitude of 5.6.

At 10:29 hours, about 12 kilometers from the municipality of Crucecita, in the southern state of Oaxaca, a strong earthquake occurred that was felt in several states of the country, and led to the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA) to issue a preventive tsunami alert for Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras.

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