MEXICO CITY: A moderate earthquake shook buildings in Mexico City on Monday, sending people running into the street for safety, but authorities said there were no initial reports of damages.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the 5.4 magnitude quake struck on the border of the southern states of Oaxaca and Guerrero, about 100 miles (160 km) southeast of the beach resort of Acapulco, at a depth of 13 miles (21.6 km).
The head of Mexico’s civil protection agency, David Leon, told local television there were no initial reports of damage or injuries. The head of the agency’s Mexico City division, Myriam Urzua, said shaking was felt in several areas of the capital.
In parts of Mexico City, people ran out into the streets when they felt the shaking. Mexico’s national seismological service originally registered the temblor at 5.7 magnitude.
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Moderate earthquake shakes Mexico, no damage reported
Moderate earthquake shakes Mexico, no damage reported
- The 5.4 magnitude quake struck on the border of the southern states of Oaxaca and Guerrero
Pope Leo warns of ‘shrinking’ freedom of expression in Western countries
- Pope Leo warns of ‘shrinking’ freedom of expression in Western countries
VATICAN CITY: Pope Leo warned on Friday that freedom of expression is “rapidly shrinking” in Western countries, and urged the right to conscientious objection for people who refuse military service or for doctors who refuse to perform abortions or euthanasia.
“It is painful to see how, especially in the West, the space for genuine freedom of expression is rapidly shrinking,” the pope said in an address to diplomats accredited to the Vatican.
“A new Orwellian-style language is developing which, in an attempt to be increasingly inclusive, ends up excluding those who do not conform to the ideologies that are fueling it,” said Leo, the first US pope.
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