The epicenter of the quake was 53 miles from Lázaro Cárdenas, a coastal town in Michoacán.
Just three days after an earthquake shook western and central Mexico, another powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 struck Mexico early Thursday, causing buildings to topple and leaving at least two dead in the country's capital.
According to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the aftershock was felt in Michoacán, as well as the neighboring states of Colima, Jalisco, Guerrero, and Mexico City.
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