Quake shakes Acapulco, tourists to streets (5.7)

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Source: AP

A moderate earthquake shook the Mexican Pacific coast resort of Acapulco on Tuesday, forcing dozens of nervous spring vacationers into the streets. No damages or injuries were reported.

The magnitude-5.7 quake occurred at 6:07 a.m. local time (1107 GMT) and was centered about 30 miles (50 kilometers) northeast of Acapulco, in the state of Guerrero, the U.S. Geological Survey in Colorado reported on its website. It was followed by a magnitude-4.6 replica at 6:18 a.m. (1118 GMT), the agency said.

The quake occurred at a depth of nearly 13 miles (20 kilometers).

It was felt strongly throughout the state but a there were no immediate reports of damages or injuries, said Guerrero Civil Protection official Roberto Garcia.

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1. It's kind of weird that we are getting all these earth quakes at the same time

as we are going through global warming/climate change.

There was a study that found that weather affects tectonic plate movement but they were talking about centuries.

I'm thinking global warming/climate change maybe having a more immediate affect on tectonic plate movement.

It just seems like such a coincidence.