A earthquake of 7.4 degrees of magnitude shook the center of Mexico on Monday just when they were commemorating two powerful earthquakes that left thousands of dead in 1985 and 2017, authorities reported.
The National Seismological, which originally placed the magnitude at 6.8 degrees, detailed on Twitter that the epicenter was located 59 km south of Coalcoman (state of Michoacán), on the Pacific coast.
Civil protection ruled out the risk of a tsunami.
The tremor activated the seismic alert, which sounds a minute before the occurrence of the phenomenon, causing scenes of panic in various sectors of the capital, of 9.2 million inhabitants.
"So far I don’t know report damage"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"Karina Suárez, 37, told AFP outside the building where she lives in Colonia Roma.
The seismic alert, followed by the tremor, sounded less than an hour after millions of people participated in a national drill, which takes place every September 19.
This is the third earthquake that is 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 dead, the vast majority in the capital.
the same day of 2017 another earthquake of 7.1 degrees hit the center of the country with a balance of 369 deaths.
noticeable earthquake. Seismic alarms sounded. Condors flying over. We meet at C5. So far no damage has been reported. More information in a few minutes. https://t.co/8yzxBvZj6Q
— Dr. Claudia Sheinbaum (@Claudiashein) September 19, 2022