Mexico quake cuts power; two dead in crash

By Lizbeth Diaz and Daina Beth Solomon
Updated February 17 2018 - 5:01pm, first published 4:58pm
A powerful magnitude-7.2 earthquake in Mexico has left 570,000 people without electricity (file).
A powerful magnitude-7.2 earthquake in Mexico has left 570,000 people without electricity (file).

A prolonged 7.2 magnitude quake that's rocked Mexico has left nearly a million homes and businesses without power in the capital and south, but the only reported deaths came when a military helicopter crashed after surveying the aftermath.

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