Mexico City was rocked by an earthquake this morning, with homes and office buildings forced to be evacuated.

The US Geological Survey initially said the earthquake was recorded as 5.9-magnitude but this was later reduced to 5.7

There were no immediate reports of injuries or major damage but social media users reported feeling buildings shake.

Twitter user Shayan Samani wrote: "Just experienced an earthquake in Mexico City on the rooftop of the Marriott." </s> MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A 5.7 magnitude earthquake was felt in Mexico City on Thursday morning as buildings shook mildly and some residents evacuated homes and office buildings.

There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

The epicenter of the quake was near the town of Huajuapan de Leon in southern Oaxaca state at a depth of 34 miles (55 km), according to the U.S. Geological Survey. </s> MEXICO CITY (REUTERS) - A 5.7 magnitude earthquake rattled Mexico City on Thursday morning (July 19), triggering the city's seismic alarm and causing some residents to flee from their homes and offices.

There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage from the quake, which was felt in some parts of the capital.

The earthquake's epicentre was near the town of Huajuapan de Leon in southern Oaxaca state at a depth of 55km, according to the US Geological Survey.

In the capital's centrally located Roma neighbourhood, some locals stood outside barefoot or in pajamas waiting to re-enter their homes.

"You just don't know how intense it's going to be and that makes you feel uncertain and afraid," said Elena Tenorio, standing in the street near her car, shortly after police directed her and other motorists to stop. </s> People gather outside after an earthquake was felt in Mexico City, Mexico July 19, 2018. REUTERS/Henry Romero

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A 5.7 magnitude earthquake rattled Mexico City on Thursday morning, triggering the city's seismic alarm and causing some residents to flee from their homes and offices.

There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage from the quake, which was felt in some parts of the capital.

The earthquake's epicenter was near the town of Huajuapan de Leon in southern Oaxaca state at a depth of 34 miles (55 km), according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

In the capital's centrally located Roma neighborhood, some locals stood outside barefoot or in pajamas waiting to reenter their homes.

"You just don't know how intense it's going to be and that makes you feel uncertain and afraid," said Elena Tenorio, standing in the street near her car, shortly after police directed her and other motorists to stop. </s> MEXICO CITY — A 5.7 magnitude earthquake has rattled southern and central Mexico, but there are no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

Workers at some Mexico City office towers temporarily evacuated their buildings, but quickly re-entered after the swaying stopped.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake occurred around 8:30 a.m. local time (13:30 GMT) and was centred near the city of Huajuapan de Leon in southern Oaxaca state.

On Sept. 19, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake damaged or destroyed hundreds of buildings and killed 228 people in Mexico City and 141 others elsewhere. </s> Mexico City was rocked by an earthquake on Thursday morning. At 8:31 a.m., the earthquake alarm system went off, prompting people to leave homes and office buildings in order to be evacuated.

The US Geological Survey had initially said the earthquake was recorded as 5.9-magnitude but it was later reduced to 5.7.

There were no immediate reports of injures or major damage but people on social media reported feeling buildings shake.

The earthquake’s epicenter was located at Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, according to a preliminary report by Mexico’s National Seismological Service. The quake was also felt in the states of Puebla, Guerrero and Mexico.

No damage or injured were reported in any of these states.

According to the US Geological Survey, the earthquake struck at a depth of 34 miles. </s> MEXICO CITY -- A 5.7 magnitude earthquake rattled southern and central Mexico on Thursday. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

Workers at some Mexico City office towers temporarily evacuated their buildings, but quickly re-entered after the swaying stopped.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake occurred around 8:30 a.m. local time and was centered near the city of Huajuapan de Leon in southern Oaxaca state, about 140 miles southeast of the capital.

The federal civil defense agency said there were no immediate reports of incidents.

On Sept. 19, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake damaged or destroyed hundreds of buildings and killed 228 people in Mexico City and 141 others elsewhere. </s> The quake hit 5.6 miles (9km) north-west of Huajuapan de Leon, a city in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, with aftershocks felt in Mexico City. It had a depth of 34 miles (55 kilometres), according to the US Geological Survey. There were no immediate reports of injuries or major damage following the quake, which struck at 8:31am local time (2:31pm UK time). The quake triggered the capital's seismic alarm and saw some residents fleeing from their homes and offices.

In the Roma neighbourhood located in central Mexico City, some locals stood outside barefoot or in pyjamas waiting to return inside their homes. Elena Tenorio, standing in the street near her car, shortly after police directed her and motorists to stop, told Reuters of her fear it was a large-scal earthquake. She said: "You just don't know how intense it's going to be and that makes you feel uncertain and afraid." Social media users reported feeling buildings shake, with some saying they had to be evacuated from their homes and workplaces.

Another user tweeted: "We just experienced an earthquake together in Mexico City's La Condesa neighborhood." The US Geological Survey initially said the earthquake was recorded as 5.9-magnitude but this was later reduced to 5.7. Seismic activity is common in Mexico because the central American country sits on top of the devastating Ring of Fire region. Twitter user Shayan Samani wrote: "Just experienced an earthquake in Mexico City on the rooftop of the Marriott."

Akhil Anumolu added: "Just had a 5.7 earthquake south of Mexico City that we clearly felt. Alarms going off." Around 90 percent of the world's earthquakes take place in the Ring of Fire, which covers a 40,000km-long stretch of the Pacific Ocean. Mexico, which has a population of around 128 million, has a long history of destructive earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. In September 1985, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake killed more than 9,500 people in Mexico City. </s> MEXICO CITY (AP) — A magnitude 7.1 earthquake rocked central Mexico on Tuesday, collapsing some buildings, cracking the facades of others and scattering rubble on streets less than two weeks after another tremor killed at least 90 in the country’s south.

Mexican media broadcast images of several downed buildings in heavily populated parts of Mexico City and nearby Cuernavaca. A column of smoke rose from a structure in one central neighborhood in the capital. Dramatic video showed a mid-rise building collapsing into a cloud of dust. It was not clear whether there were people inside.

The quake caused buildings to sway sickeningly in Mexico City and sent panicked office workers streaming into the streets, but the full extent of the damage was not yet clear. There were no immediate reports of deaths.

The U.S. Geological Survey calculated its magnitude at 7.1 and said it was centered near the Puebla state town of Raboso, about 76 miles (123 kilometers) southeast of Mexico City.

Puebla Gov. Tony Gali tweeted that there had been damaged buildings in the city of Cholula including collapsed church steeples.

In Mexico City, thousands of people fled office buildings and hugged to calm each other along the central Reforma Avenue as alarms blared, and traffic stopped around the Angel of Independence monument.

Earlier in the day workplaces across the city held readiness drills on the anniversary of the 1985 quake, a magnitude 8.1 shake, which killed thousands of people and devastated large parts of Mexico City.

In the Roma neighborhood, which was hit hard by the 1985 quake, piles of stucco and brick fallen from building facades littered the streets. At least one large parking structure collapsed. Two men calmed a woman seated on a stool in the street, blood trickling form a small wound on her knee.

At a nearby market, a worker in a hardhat walked around the outside warning people not to smoke as a smell of gas filled the air.

Market stall vendor Edith Lopez, 25, said she was in a taxi a few blocks away when the quake struck. She said she saw glass bursting out of the windows of some buildings. She was anxiously trying to locate her children, whom she had left in the care of her disabled mother.

Pictures fell from office building walls, objects were shaken off of flat surfaces and computer monitors toppled over. Some people dove for cover under desks. Local media broadcast video of whitecap waves churning the city’s normally placid canals of Xochimilco as boats bobbed up and down.

Mexico City’s international airport suspended operations and was checking facilities for any damage.

Much of Mexico City is built on former lakebed, and the soil is known to amplify the effects of earthquakes even hundreds of miles away.

The magnitude 8.1 quake that hit Sept. 7 of Mexico’s southern coast was also felt strongly in the capital.

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A 5.7 magnitude earthquake is felt in Mexico City as buildings shake mildly and some residents evacuate homes and office buildings.