A powerful and prolonged earthquake rocked Mexico on Tuesday, toppling houses near the epicenter in the south, cracking building facades in Mexico City and briefly terrifying a population well schooled in natural disasters.
The brunt of the shaking apparently was taken by the southern states of Guerrero and Oaxaca, near whose shared border the epicenter of the quake was pinpointed 12 miles below the surface.
--Msnbc.com wire services contributed to this post
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