Strong Acapulco quake aftershocks unnerve Mexican resort's residents


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  • Wednesday, 08 Sep 2021

Doctors and patients are seen after being evacuated from the General Hospital following a quake in Acapulco, Mexico September 7, 2021. Picture taken September 7, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

ACAPULCO, Mexico (Reuters) -Shaken residents slept in cars and on the streets of Mexico's famed Acapulco beach resort early on Wednesday, as a series of strong aftershocks rippled through the city after a powerful earthquake that killed one man.

The 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit 11 miles (17.7 km) northeast of Acapulco in southwestern Guerrero state late on Tuesday. It damaged the control tower at the beach resort's international airport, cracked walls in a hospital attending COVID-19 patients and triggered landslides and gas leaks.

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