Earth ChangesPowerful 6.5- magnitude earthquake shakes Mexico City Posted on January 21, 2026 by Administrator A powerful 6.5 magnitude earthquake has rocked Mexico, as the tremors interrupted President Claudia Sheinbaum’s first press briefing of the year. The tremor shook the nation on Friday morning at around 7.58am local time, with its epicentre believed to be around 15km southwest of San Marcos in the state of Guerrero, which is near to hotspot Acapulco, according to the country’s national seismological service.