Ironically, on the anniversary of the two devastating earthquakes of 1985 and 2017, a tremor with a magnitude of 7.4 shook western Mexico. The center of the quake was 59 kilometers south of Coalcoman in the state of Michoacán on the Pacific coast, as the National Seismological Institute announced on Monday. The tremors were also felt in the capital, Mexico City.
However, initially no damage was reported from the capital, explained Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo. The operator of the local subway also said that the necessary checks had been carried out and that the trains could run normally.
According to the USGS, the magnitude of the quake was 7.5, but the US researchers later corrected their data to 7.6. Reporters from the Reuters news agency reported swaying buildings from Mexico City. The epicenter of the quake was reportedly off the Pacific coast of the state of Michoacan at a depth of ten kilometers. US experts said in a first statement that a tsunami cannot be ruled out.
Mexico borders the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and is one of the most seismically active countries in the world. The national territory extends over a total of five tectonic plates.
On September 19, 1985, an 8.1 magnitude tremor in Mexico City killed more than 10,000 people and destroyed hundreds of buildings. On September 19, 2017, a 7.1 magnitude earthquake killed around 370 people, most in the capital.
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