Earthquake Shakes Buildings in Mexico City

Monday, April 27, 2009
AP
April 27: People are evacuated from their buildings wearing surgical masks after an earthquake in Mexico City.
A powerful earthquake rocked tall buildings in Mexico's capital, sending office workers down stairways into the streets.
The 5.6-magnitude quake was centered near Chilpancingo, about 130 miles southwest of Mexico City or 50 miles from the resort of Acapulco, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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Sources in Mexico City told FOX News the ground shook for just a few seconds and then stopped.
There were no signs of immediate damage.
The quake rattled nerves in a city already nervous about a swine flu outbreak suspected of killing as many as 149 people nationwide.
"I'm scared," said Sarai Luna Pajas, a 22-year-old social services worker standing outside her office building moments after it hit. "We Mexicans are not used to living with so much fear, but all that is happening — the economic crisis, the illnesses and now this — it feels like the Apocalypse."
Co-worker Harold Gutierrez, 21, said the country was taking comfort from its religious faith, but he too was gripped by the sensation that the world might be coming to an end.
"If it is, it is God's plan," Gutierrez said, speaking over a green mask he wore to ward off swine flu.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.