this is where nick parker, our producer was calling us from.to move as they try make sense of exactly what is happening and how much damage it's costing. obviously this is one of those events when an earthquake strikes you may want to go to plan b. we don't know if people are out there because of the earthquake or the fact that they happen to be there. here's additional pictures coming to us. some firefighters there. again, we don't know whether they're trying to access some sort of underground tube or some sort of an underground venting system. >> deb? >> it appears that phone lines also now flooded in and around mexico city. clearly, there was more damage that struck into that main city. and if there was damage in mexico city, i'm sure we can imagine there was certainly some damage done in acapulco, which was just about 120 miles from the center of that quake. chad, we see the people out there, but we also see cars driving normally. what do most people do when there's an earthquake? >> what i don't see, i don't concrete dust engulfing the cit

cnn producer nick parker is on the phone for us now. he was in mexico city, not that far from the epicenter, about how far, nick, are you from the epicenter in mexico city. >> it's around 200 kilometers approximately from the epicen r epicenter, about a four, four and a half-hour drive, and you know, it's something that was felt by most of the residents in mexico city from a relative distance from the epicenter of the quake. >> were you in a high-rise building? if so, how high were you? what did it feel like? and it was sort of on the hill. it was tense. the tremor itself lasted between, i'd say 10 or 15 seconds or so and it obviously shook, and another -- [ indiscernible ] >> and how are people reacting in mexico city based on your eyewitness account? >> i just came in now. it was right in the center of the city, and it doesn't seem to be, you know, as much panic here in mexico city. quite a few of the buildings are being evacuated, as well, and the people are lined up along the streets, but there is acceptance and familiarity with the