A An earthquake measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale shook central Mexico on Monday. just as two powerful earthquakes that left thousands dead in 1985 and 2017 were commemorated, authorities reported.
The National Seismological Service (SSN), which initially placed the magnitude at 6.8 degrees, detailed on Twitter that the epicenter was located 63 km south of Coalcomanin the state of Michoacán, on the Pacific coast, however, Civil Protection ruled out the risk of a tsunami.
The tremor activated the seismic alert, which sounds one minute before the occurrence of the phenomenon, causing Panic scenes in several sectors of the capital, of 9.2 million inhabitants.
“Until now no damage reported”the mayor of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum, wrote on her Twitter account.
“It felt terrible. We got off as soon as we felt it, when the alarm went off“said Karina Suárez, 37, outside the building where she lives in the Rome Colony.
The seismic alert, followed by the tremor, sounded less than an hour after millions of people participated in a national drillwhich takes place every September 19.
East It is the third earthquake recorded on September 19 in the history of Mexico. after the one that occurred in 1985, with a magnitude of 8.1 degrees and that left more than 10,000 deadthe vast majority in the capital.
On the same day in 2017, another 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit the center of the country with a balance of 369 deaths.
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