Magnitude 5.7 earthquake rattles Mexico

Mexico's National Seismological Service said it was a quake of 5.7 magnitude that hit the Isla municipality of Veracruz.

A regular morning news conference for Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador was briefly interrupted amid the alarms. 

Later, Lopez Obrador resumed the conference, saying there had not been reports of serious damage.

Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said some buildings in the capital were evacuated according to protocol and the metro train system was restarting operations.