Mexico City struck by a new earthquake measuring 6.1

The jolt comes just four days after an earthquake of magnitude 7.1, which killed nearly 300 people.

MEXICO - A new earthquake of magnitude 6.1 hit Mexico City on Saturday (September 23rd), the Mexican seismological institute said. The jolt comes just four days after an earthquake of magnitude 7.1, which killed nearly 300 people.

The epicenter of this jolt has been located in the state of Oaxaca, in southern Mexico, said the institute, which initially assessed the magnitude at 6.4.

M6.3 #earthquake (#sismo) strikes 188 km W of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (#Mexico) 17 min ago. Updated map of its effects: pic.twitter.com/sl7u44GvTw

— EMSC (@LastQuake) 23 septembre 2017

Rescue workers evacuate after a seismic alert sounded in Mexico City on Sept 23, four days after the powerful quake hit central Mexico #AFP pic.twitter.com/LUKWWXRtWc

— AFPMexico (@AFPMexico) 23 septembre 2017

"Rescuers evacuated after a seismic warning sounded in Mexico City on September 23, four days after the powerful earthquake that struck the city center"

This new earthquake, whose epicenter is farther from the capital than that of September 19, magnitude 7.1, was felt in Mexico City but civil protection said it had deplored no immediate damage.

Luis Felipe Puente, who is responsible for civil protection, has tweeted that "no damage has been reported at this time.

In the capital, the search for survivors carried out relentlessly for four days had to be interrupted at the time of the alert, which pushed out of their homes many inhabitants. Some, still traumatized by the earthquake on Tuesday, did not hide their anxiety.

The alert was lifted in Mexico City just over an hour after the jolt.

The latest record of the earthquake on Tuesday reported 298 deaths, including 160 in Mexico City, 73 in Morelos State and 45 in Puebla. This earthquake occurred 32 years to the day after that of 1985, which devastated Mexico by causing more than 10,000 deaths, and up to 30,000 according to some estimates.