9/21/2023 0 Comments Mexico city airport earthquakeThe seismic focus was located at a depth of 10 kilometers and the epicenter was located 59 km south of Coalcomán, Michoacán. Then, on September 19, 2022, an earthquake of magnitude 7.4 once again shook the country. Some 250,000 people were affected, more than 180,000 homes were damaged by the two earthquakes – of which 50,610 were damaged beyond repair – and 369 people lost their lives. It happened after another earthquake of great intensity was registered, on September 7, with a magnitude of 8.1. In 2017, Morelos, Puebla, Mexico City, the State of Mexico, Guerrero and Oaxaca suffered a magnitude 7.1 earthquake. The economic losses were estimated at more than $4 billion USD. In 1985, a magnitude 8.1 earthquake affected the center, south and west of the country, according to a report by the National Autonomous University of Mexico, which recalls that “the tremor caused severe damage to hundreds of buildings in the capital and changed complete the image of Mexico City”. At the moment Civil Protection authorities have not reported any damage.Īs of this morning, 520 aftershocks have been counted after yesterday’s earthquake, when Mexico was shaken for the third time on that date (Septemin Mexico City and Septemin Puebla) by a major earthquake with a magnitude that registered higher than 7 on the Richter scale, On its Twitter account, the National Seismological Service reported that the quake originated at 3:17:13 on the morning of September 20, 72 km southeast of Tecomán, Colima. Many citizens felt the earth tremble despite the early hour. The aftershock shook the Puerto Vallarta and Bahía de Banderas region. This time, the quake’s epicenter was off the coast of Colima, in the municipality of Tecomán. Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico – Another earthquake of 5.8 magnitude struck in the central region of the Mexican Pacific at 3:17 this morning.
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