People react on a street after an earthquake jolted Mexico City, capital of Mexico, on Sept. 8, 2017. An earthquake measuring 8.2 on the Richter scale hit off the coast of Chiapas State of Mexico at 12:49 p.m. Beijing time on Friday, according to preliminary reports from the China Earthquake Networks Center. (Xinhua/David de la Paz)
BEIJING, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 8.2 on the Richter scale hit off the coast of Chiapas State (15.13 degrees North Latitude and 93.78 degrees West Longitude) of Mexico at 12:49 p.m. Beijing time on Friday, according to preliminary reports from the China Earthquake Networks Center.