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An earthquake struck last night off the southern coast of Mexico. Buildings in Mexico City, were shaken and power knocked out.  The U.S. Geological Survey has measured the earthquake  at 8.1 , with the epicenter 54 miles southwest of Pijijiapan at a depth of 43 miles. Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto said seismologists have measured it as the strongest to hit Mexico in a century.