A New earthquake shook the capital of Mexico early this Thursday September 22. It is a magnitude 6.9 earthquake according to the Mexican seismological service. the strong tremors woke up the neighbors because they happened on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, around 1 a.m.
the 22 million inhabitants of the capital Mexico City and its suburbs heard the sirens again earthquake alarm, which they know very well. Awakened from their sleep, people took to the streets in pajamas.
East New earthquake caused two deaths : a woman who died “in falling down the stairs” after hearing the alarmsaid Claudia Sheinbaum, mayor of the Mexican capital. And a the man died of a heart attack.
ALERT INFO – A new earthquake of magnitude between 6.5 and 7 has just shaken Mexico. The tremors were felt again even in Mexico City (AFP). pic.twitter.com/epfCGvaTFs
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the mayor of Mexico City keeps its population informed on Twitter: “At the moment there is no damage in the city. I will continue to provide information.” official helicopters that flew over the city no casualties or damage were reported.
The epicenter of this new earthquake was located west of Mexicoin the state of Michoacan84 km from the city of chickadee according to the seismological service, broadcast on Twitter by Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the Mexican president.
In addition to the state of Michoacán and the capital, three other states were affected : Colima, jalisco Y Warrior. There is no damage to report according to the country’s president. this earthquake comes just three days after a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake that killed two people.
The latter had he also epicenter the State of Michoacan. rocked the city Mexico City East Monday September 19th. important date in Mexico since it is the anniversary date of two deadly earthquakes that occurred in 1985 and 2017.
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A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.6 has just shaken the state of Michoacán. Tremors were felt as far as Mexico’s capital. This is the third major earthquake to hit the country on September 19 (1985, 2017, 2022)
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This earthquake had caused a death, after the fall of a fence in a shopping centerin the state of Colimawest of the country and one wounded in the state of Michoacan President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced.
The tremors have come less than 1 hour after the annual seismic exercise which takes place every September 19. Millions of people participated in this exercise. Inhabitants must leave the place where they live or work to reach the meeting points of the neighborhood where they are.
The goal: train never to relive the deadly earthquakes of 2017of magnitude 7.1 that had caused 369 deaths and that of September 19, 1985magnitude 8.1 where 10,000 people lost their lives.
Scientifically, there is no evidence that September 19 is a special day of earthquake in Mexicoaccording to the mayor of Mexico City, who is also a physicist by training. But what is certain is that the inhabitants are traumatized by this date and fear the month of September every year…
