A 5.7 magnitude earthquake was recorded Thursday in eastern Mexico. The seismic alert was sounded in Mexico City where many residents rushed out of buildings.
A 5.7 magnitude earthquake was recorded Thursday in eastern Mexico, triggering an earthquake alert in the capital Mexico City where many residents rushed out of buildings. The epicenter, recorded at a depth of 113 km, was located near the city of Isla, in the state of Veracruz, 400 km south of Mexico City, according to the National Seismological Service.
The tremor was not felt in Mexico City, according to AFP reporters and local television accounts, but the sound alert led many of the metropolitan area’s 20 million residents to follow evacuation orders. immediate. The mayor of the capital, Claudia Sheinbaum, indicated that no damage was recorded in the city while the emergency services are in the process of carrying out checks. “Emergency protocols are being activated. So far there have been no incidents. More information will follow,” she said on Twitter.
painful memories
The seismic alert forced Mexican President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador to temporarily interrupt his traditional daily press conference. Located on the Pacific Ring of Fire area where the meeting of tectonic plates causes high seismic activity, Mexico is under threat from large-scale earthquakes.
Last September, a 7.1 earthquake southeast of Acapulco, in the state of Guerrero, killed one person and damaged businesses and homes. Residents of the Mexican capital still have fresh memories of the 7.1 earthquake of September 19, 2017, which killed 369 people. In September 1985, an 8.0 magnitude earthquake devastated Mexico City, killing more than 10,000 people. The epicenter was 350 km from the city.
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