A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake rocked Mexico City and many southern and central parts of the country around mid-morning on Tuesday.

The quake hit at 10:29 a.m. and the epicenter was located at 23 kilometers south of La Crucecita, a Pacific Coast village in southern Oaxaca state, the National Seismological Service (SSN) said via Twitter.

One person was killed, Oaxaca Governor Alejandro Murat told a news station.