Mexico city International airport suspends operations after strong earthquake

  20 September 2017    Read: 939
Mexico city International airport suspends operations after strong earthquake
The international airport in Mexico City suspended operations after a massive earthquake on Tuesday, Luis Felipe Puente, head of the National Civil Protection Service said.
"The work is suspended at the international airport of Mexico City…until integrity checks of all infrastructure have been completed," Puente wrote in his Twitter blog.

An earthquake of magnitude 7.1 occurred on Tuesday near the town of Puebla de Zaragoza southeast of Mexico City.

According to the European Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC), underground shocks were registered at 18:14 GMT. The epicenter was located 49 kilometers (some 30.5 miles) south-west of the city of Puebla de Zaragoza at a depth of 60 kilometers.

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