PHOTOS: Massive quake strikes off Mexican coast, damaging buildings

Bottles and other merchandise fell off the shelves from a Walmart in Oaxaca, Mexico after a 8.0 earthquake struck off the coast on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017. (Oaxaca IN)

Stones of a walkway are shown lifting up from the ground after a massive earthquake struck off the coast of Mexico. (Lic Luiz Miranda)

People who evacuated from bars during an earthquake stand in the street in Mexico City, sections of which lost power, just before midnight on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Residents of Oaxaca survey the rubble after an earthquake above 8.0 struck off the coast of Mexico. (Oaxaca IN)

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 8.2 hit in southern Mexico. (USGS)

Damaged buildings in Oaxaca, Mexico, were tweeted out by the country's government after a massive quake struck off the coast. (Oaxaca IN)

MEXICO (KABC) -- A massive earthquake struck off the coast of Mexico, crumbling buildings as people fled in their pajamas and at least several people in various Mexican states were killed.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake struck at 11:49 p.m. Thursday local time and its epicenter was 102 miles west of Tapachula in southern Chiapas state not far from Guatemala. It had a depth of 22 miles.

The quake was so powerful that frightened residents in Mexico City more than 650 miles away fled apartment buildings, often in their pajamas, and gathered in groups in the street.

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