Mexican Earthquake Sways Skyscrapers

A moderate earthquake rocked Mexico City onFriday, causing skyscrapers to sway and frightening residents, butemergency officials said no major damage or injuries were reported.
The U.S. Geological Service estimated the earthquake had apreliminary magnitude of 5.9 and struck in Michoacan, 125 milessouthwest of the capital. It was centered four miles northwest ofthe town of Huetamo and 59 miles below ground.
Electricity and telephone service did not appear to beinterrupted.
Some buildings announced brief evacuations, and hundreds raninto the streets.
"I was in a small office, and the shelves were moving ... andthe walls were vibrating," said Carlos Avila, 25, anadministrative employee at the federal Public Safety Department.
Sanjeev Patny, a 43-year-old American Express employee, walkeddown 10 flights of stairs and was waiting for building officials totell him he could return to work.
"I felt the tremors, and I didn't know what to do," he said.
The quake was too small and based too far inland to cause atsunami, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.