Quake in Mexico City

There was a big quake in Mexico City, don't know how big ( reported to be a 6.1 ) because there is no information, hope everything is ok.

Later I will post more information about this big quake.

It felt like an 8.5 quake but now is reported to be a 6.1

All the big buildings in Mexico City are ok like Torre Major, WTC, and all the big ones.



This quake compared to the 7.4 quake of march 20 2012 felt a lot more strong.

The epicenter was closer but it was very strong believe me.

Nothing showing online yet, hope it's not too bad...

it's not showing on the earthquake sites yet...

quakes.globalincidentmap.com...

Mega is quite a strong word to use without any information about it...

How do you even know there was a quake.

Apparently the op is is in MC.

mag 5.7
www.emsc-csem.org...
Not realy mega I would say
www.emsc-csem.org...

Changed it to a 5.9
Maybe it will get up to 8. Who knows

Getting bigger, it's a 6 now
testimonies
www.emsc-csem.org...

Magnitude
Mw 6.0

Region
ESTADO DE MEXICO, MEXICO

Date time
2012-11-15 09:20:23.0 UTC

Location
18.48 N ; 100.29 W

Depth
60 km

Distances
161 km SW Mexico city (pop 8,657,050 ; local time 03:20:23.7 2012-11-15)
80 km W Iguala (pop 112,106 ; local time 03:20:23.7 2012-11-15)
22 km NW Arcelia (pop 16,940 ; local time 03:20:23.7 2012-11-15)
21 km NE Tlalchapa (pop 4,183 ; local time 03:20:23.7 2012-11-15)

I have software here that alerts me to E Q's within seconds of happening, yet 10 min after this post above I have nothing, not sure where person got that news from, but nothing recorded here in UK on this report.

If it is that 5.7....


I will lose my #.


Nothing about that is mega.

Obviously not mega much bc if you're there, and it was mega, I'm almost positive there would be other things to attend to than searching for stars on ATS. And if you heard it from someone, I doubt they would have even thought to call you right away instead of dealing with more important matters that would arise from such a mega quake. So I'm guessing it wasn't very mega at all if there even was one.

I'll gladly eat my sweaty just got back from the gym shorts if I am wrong.

ETA: Alright alright, I see it's a 6.0. Big, but definitely not mega. Not even close. And 2, the quake is centered somewhere in Guerrero. That's like saying a quake centered near San Fran just occurred in LA.

It was bigger than the 85 quake it was big believe me.

At this moment there is no information at all about the quake.

Just checked now showing as a mag 6

Details posted here and further information in this post.

Certainly not a Megaquake, good sized one on land and in Mexico where a lot of the houses are poorly constructed.

Hope the damage is minimal.

reply to post by conspiracy88


The quake felt like the 85 quake, the news media is reporting that it was an 6.3 but it felt more strong than that.

The epicenter is located very close to Mexico City, I think that a quake in this location has never appear.

This mornign I did morning ritual of checking on the earthquakes and said to myself the swarm happening along the west coast of north and south america has finally calmed down... but then this popped up!

Originally posted by lke123
reply to post by conspiracy88

 

The epicenter is located very close to Mexico City, I think that a quake in this location has never appear.

edit on 15-11-2012 by lke123 because: (no reason given)

This is a map showing over 50 years of seismic activity for the region.

reply to post by lke123



Usgs is showing it as a 6.0 centered in Guerrero Mexico.

I would copy and paste but a I'm on my kindle.

It's not just the magnitude, it';s the depth. You can have an 8 at 250km deep and a 5.5 at 5km and they'll feel similar.

This quake felt like an 8.5, don't care what the media is reporting this quake was big believe me.

The 7.8 quake of march 20 of 2012 was low compared to this one.


All people in Mexico City felt a big quake even in zones where the underground is full of rocks thanks to the xitle volcano, in this zone people never felt quakes because the floor is full of underground rocks.


Something is going on the earth it is not normal that so many big quakes appear everywhere.

I live in Mexico city.My baby boy awoke at about 3:15 then my wife, and my self.The quake happened at 3:20.We live on the 4th floor of a small apartment building and we felt a good amount of shaking that lasted for about 20 seconds.
In our apartment I could hear some cracking sounds ,and what sounded like sand if you had put it in a
box and shook it.This one felt quite strong but not quite as strong as the 7.3 we had back in March.I hope everyone is alright.Now itçs time I try to get back to sleep.Peace.

Need one more near Anchorage within a day and then it's California's turn within 6 days...unless Anchorage doesn't happen.

How do I know? Heck, this is ATS!