An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 was recorded this Thursday, March 3, in eastern Mexico and activated the seismic alert in the country’s capital, reported the National Seismological Service.
The earthquake had its epicenter 14 kilometers north of Isla, in the state of Veracruz, about 400 kilometers from Mexico City.
Originally, the Seismological Service had reported that the magnitude of the earthquake was 6.2.
In Mexico City and the metropolitan area, where more than 20 million people live, dozens of inhabitants evacuated buildings, although several of them declared on television that they did not notice the tremor.
The mayor of the capital, Claudia Sheinbaum, said on Twitter that there have been no damages in the city while the emergency teams carry out checks. “Emergency protocols are activated. So far no damage. We keep reporting.”
The seismic alert forced the Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, to momentarily suspend his usual morning press conference.
Due to its geographical location, Mexico is susceptible to earthquakes of important magnitudes.
In September of last year, a 7.1 earthquake with an epicenter southeast of Acapulco, in the southern state of Guerrero, left one dead and damaged businesses and homes.
The inhabitants of the Mexican capital still have fresh memories of the 7.1 earthquake that occurred on September 19, 2017 and left 369 dead.
