{"id":195504,"date":"2026-01-03T09:27:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T09:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/southern-mexico-shaken-by-6-5-magnitude-earthquake-usa-today\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T09:27:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T09:27:41","slug":"southern-mexico-shaken-by-6-5-magnitude-earthquake-usa-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/southern-mexico-shaken-by-6-5-magnitude-earthquake-usa-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Southern Mexico shaken by 6.5 magnitude earthquake &#8211; USA Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 6.5 magnitude earthquake shook the Mexican state of Guerrero in the southern part of the country on Friday, Jan. 2, according to the United States Geological Survey.<br \/>The earthquake saw a depth of 35 km or 21.75 miles, USGS said. However, no serious damage has been reported, Mexico&#8217;s President <a href=\/story\/news\/world\/2025\/11\/05\/mexico-claudia-sheinbaum-groping-incident-sexual-harassment\/87115366007\/ target=_blank rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>Claudia Sheinbaum<\/a> said during a press conference <a href=https:\/\/x.com\/i\/broadcasts\/1yNGabQOedXJj data-t-l=:b|z|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>aired live on X<\/a>.<br \/>&#8220;A 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck southwest of San Marcos, Guerrero at 7:58 a.m. Protocols and patrols have been activated in the area,&#8221; Sheinbaum told a room of reporters in Spanish. &#8220;So far, no damage or deaths have been reported. As of 9 a.m., only small aftershocks have been recorded, the largest being magnitude 4.2.&#8221;<br \/>Sheinbaum was conducting her first press conference of 2026 when the earthquake began, and video shows her calmly leading the evacuation as sirens sound.<br \/>Both Guerrero and the country&#8217;s capital of Mexico City have avoided any reported damage.<br \/><em>Kate Perez covers national trends and breaking news for USA TODAY. You can reach her at kperez@usatodayco.com or on Twitter @katecperez_.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisAFBVV95cUxNUThCT2U4N1J6dXZQZloweWRrRGV3LS1uUk14VFQtY2UwYWM5V2JwRFZ5eFp3SDkzYlJSMDAxMUNDWERsdjVJTTFkZEN3SHUyZlFhQWppa19IMXVXNEtXamw4ZU9BRC10eldZX3JfWUJLT3F5R0Q5ZXlVYmZ1WHRTRThqRUpfS1NLdkhQcjB0cE1iUGcyLWVXNV9Id3cxbDRnU0R5Q3p1Q2hrenRmWWFhWg?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 6.5 magnitude earthquake shook the Mexican state of Guerrero in the southern part of the country on Friday, Jan. 2, according to the United States Geological Survey.The earthquake saw a depth of 35 km or 21.75 miles, USGS said. However, no serious damage has been reported, Mexico&#8217;s President Claudia Sheinbaum said during a press [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":195505,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-195504","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}