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A major earthquake has hit much of southwestern Mexico. The US Geological Survey says it had a magnitude of 7.4 and was centred near the border of Guerrero and Oaxaca states, not far from Acapulco near the Pacific coast. Our correspondent in the capital Mexico City, Will Grant, described the situation in Guerrero state.
墨西哥西南地区发生大地震。美国地质勘探局报告震级为7.4,震中位于格雷罗州和瓦哈卡州交界处,靠近太平洋阿卡普尔科海。驻墨西哥城记者Will Grant为我们报道阿卡普尔科州的情况。
The governor of that state has already released a statement or spoken to local television down there, saying that around 500 houses have been damaged; some of them have collapsed. That said, there are no reports at this stage of casualties. So although it was clearly a very powerful seismic event and a jolt that really shook up a large part of the country, there is something - a growing sense now - that perhaps a disaster has been averted. Although that said that these are still of the early hours after the event, and still I think both the authorities and journalists on the ground are trying to get a clearer picture of exactly how bad it's been.
阿卡普尔科州州长通过当地电视台发布声明,近500座房屋受损,其中有些被震毁,声明称目前没有人员伤亡。这是一场高震级的强烈地震,全国大部分地区都有震感,大家为逃避了一场大灾难而松了一口气。虽说地震刚发生不久,有些情况还不清楚,但是我认为当局和当地记者们都会尽力去了解地震到底造成了多大危害。