A major earthquake shakes Mexico City

Another quake hits Mexico City:

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A powerful earthquake jolted Mexico City on Tuesday, causing buildings to sway sickeningly on the anniversary of a 1985 quake that did major damage to the capital.

Mexico's seismological agency calculated its preliminary magnitude at 6.8 and said its center was east of the city in the state of Puebla

Last one in Mexico City was in March of this year:

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Mexico City Earthquake 5.9

Latest from the USGS:

M 7.1 - 5km ENE of Raboso, Mexico

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No info on how deep it was.

Correction:51.0 km depth


Here is a map of the epicenter:

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a reply to: buckwhizzle

It's about to get even worse.

Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude 7.1
Date-Time
19 Sep 2017 18:14:39 UTC
19 Sep 2017 13:14:39 near epicenter
19 Sep 2017 10:14:39 standard time in your timezone
Location 18.584N 98.399W
Depth 51 km
Distances
8 km (5 miles) ESE (111 degrees) of Iz�car, Puebla, Mexico
22 km (14 miles) ENE (71 degrees) of Atencingo, Puebla, Mexico
36 km (22 miles) ENE (75 degrees) of Axochiapan, Morelos, Mexico
56 km (35 miles) SSW (202 degrees) of Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
123 km (76 miles) SE (139 degrees) of MEXICO CITY, D.F., Mexico
Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 8.1 km; Vertical 5.6 km
Parameters Nph = 169; Dmin = 116.2 km; Rmss = 1.09 seconds; Gp = 23°
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Event ID us 2000ar20
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Is it time to get scared yet?

Never seen that many natural disasters so close one from another... But hey, maybe I'm just too young.

Hope everyone is alright in there.

Pay for the wall or else!

a reply to: vinifalou

It won't be time to get scared until you see the space ships entering our atmosphere. Then you can push the panic button.

I seriously thought we would have one here today in the US. I have checked the USGS at least five times since last night. Still feels like a bigger one is coming, maybe it is just this time of year.

Fall always feels like earthquake weather.

originally posted by: vinifalou
Is it time to get scared yet?

Never seen that many natural disasters so close one from another... But hey, maybe I'm just too young.

Hope everyone is alright in there.

You're right. You are just too young.

This EQ came on the anniversary of a 1985 quake that greatly damaged Mexico City. A EQ drill was held today just 2 hours before this one hit.
Pictures are starting to come in. Building collapses and lots of damage.

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originally posted by: Watcher777
I seriously thought we would have one here today in the US. I have checked the USGS at least five times since last night. Still feels like a bigger one is coming, maybe it is just this time of year.

Fall always feels like earthquake weather.

There was a small one here in southern illinois.

I didn't feel it this morning but it's been reported.

a reply to: buckwhizzle

Here's a screenshot of what it looked like on TA's live stream:



And here it is in comparison to the M8.1 that happened recently down there:



The recent one is marked "unnamed road" with the red icon and the M8.1 is circled in yellow.

Current stream here:

I wonder how much damage was at a city close to where it happened, this was seventy some miles away supposedly, but I suppose that that is where the sensor is. The fault line can run many miles away. The epicenter should be considered a line, not a spot, maybe it is for all I know.

a reply to: buckwhizzle

Another one: M 8.1 - Mexico on Sept.8.2017

source

Some videos on Live Leak

42 people killed so far in the early assessment. Pretty sad. Do you think that there will be more illegal immigration to America from people trying to get out of Mexico... refugees?

Some horrifying footage out of Puebla, MX.

a reply to: Olivine

Those building collapses are just incredible to watch. So much damage there. The airport is closed as well. It took a lot of damage and possible building collapses there.