An 8.2 magnitude earthquake has struck Mexico's Southern Coast, leaving over 33 persons dead.

Also, there were severe damages in Oaxaca and Chiapas states.

President Enrique Peña Nieto said it struck the Pacific, about 87km (54 miles) south-west of Pijijiapan.

It was gathered that the quake, which struck at 23:50 local time, Thursday (04:50 GMT Friday), was felt hundreds of miles away in Mexico City as houses swayed.

Twenty-three people were said to have been dead in Mexico's Oaxaca state, with 17 of them in the town of Juchitán, state Governor Alejandro Murat said.

Also, seven more persons died in Chiapas and two children died in Tabasco state and one baby who died when power was cut to a respirator.

Not less than one person was killed in Guatemala, its president has said.

According to reports, the tremors lasted up to a minute with President Peña Nieto adding that 50 million Mexicans would have felt it; and that the death toll might rise.

Recall that a tsunami warning was issued for Mexico and other nearby countries, but later lifted.

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if man repents, God also repents. The end time prophecies are being fulfilled and sometimes I wish man could stop sinning, natural disasters could have been reduced.