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Mexico City (ANTARA News / Reuters) - An earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale hit southern Mexico on Wednesday morning, mengoyanka buildings to the City of Mexico and caused residents fled into the streets in sleepwear.

United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the epicenter was located 41km northeast of Pinotepa Nacional, the state of Oaxaca.

Seismic vibrations that make the population in the City Mesksio, 470km north of the wake, but civil defense officials in the city did not receive reports of casualties.

"I feel the thrill of it. The people left the building," said Pedro Salazar, 42 years old, a security guard at the four-story apartment building in Mexico City.

The helicopters flew in the capital city and the police sirens sounded, but the flow's wife and a phone connection to operate as normal in the central city.

We have no reports of damage to buildings or people were hurt, "said a civil defense official told Reuters.