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STRONG EARTHQUAKE JOLTS MEXICO AGAIN
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN) ...magnitude earthquake rocked Mexico City Thursday...discuss the temblor. A strong earthquake hit southern Mexico, more than...southeast of Mexico City, causing...earthquake along the Pacific coast rattled...quake was centered between the...was very ...

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