Videos on social media show people in the streets grabbing onto a car as the ground started shaking.

"Thank God it was a great result for the team and to get this (man of the match award) means a lot to me. Nurses stay in a makeshift hospital attending patients after the 7.2 earthquake in Santiago Jamiltepec, Mexico, on Feb. 17, 2018. Several hundred were left dead. EPA-EFE/SASHENKA GUTIERREZ ORG XMIT: MEX52(Photo: SASHENKA GUTIERREZ, EPA-EFE). Let friends in your social network know what you are reading about.

A woman embraces a boy as a powerful earthquake rocks Mexico City on February 16, 2018. Mexico lies within two seismically active earthquake zones. Many buildings in Mexico City are still damaged from that quake. One year earlier, the deadly Puebla earthquake struck 55km from Mexico City, killing 370 people and injuring more than 6,000, and leveling more than 40 buildings.

From weddings to drugs scandals & arrests, Woman gives up ironing after £2.50 spray makes bed sheets look freshly pressed, I’m mum-shamed for looking ‘perfect’- I won't be scummy, I love my hair & nails, ©News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. Simmsa, a seismic monitoring network in the … A powerful earthquake shook south and central Mexico on Friday, causing people to flee buildings and office towers in the country's capital. "Possibly by massive jumps during the goal for the [Mexico team] in the World Cup. In 2003, a M 7.6 earthquake in Colima, Mexico, resulted in 29 fatalities, destroyed more than 2,000 homes and left more than 10,000 people homeless. Simmsa, a seismic monitoring network in the capital, detected a sharp tremor at 11.32am local time - the moment after 'Chucky' had fired past Manuel Neuer. The epicenter of Friday’s earthquake was between those of a magnitude-8.2 quake on Sept. 8 and the 7.1-magnitude quake on Sept. 19.

But in a 1985 quake that killed 10,000 people, most of the buildings that were severely damaged or destroyed were six to 16 stories tall. Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. Such a huge quake is classified as 'major', and can cause serious damage. SISMO Magnitud 7.5 Loc 23 km al SUR de CRUCECITA, OAX 23/06/20 10:29:02 Lat 15.57 Lon -96.09 Pf 5 km pic.twitter.com/8uuY2um91w. The Chiapas event caused at least 78 fatalities and 250 injuries in Oaxaca, and a further 16 deaths in Chiapas. In addition to local destruction, strong Mexican earthquakes often cause damage in Mexico City — even if, as in this case, the capital is miles away. "I don't know if it the biggest victory in (Mexican) history but one of the biggest for sure. ... (@NWS_NTWC) February 16, 2018.

[8], M 8.2 earthquake off the shore of Chiapas in September 2017, M 7.1 earthquake struck closer to Mexico City, "M 7.2 - 37km NE of Pinotepa de Don Luis, Mexico", "Mexico helicopter crash kills 13 on ground in wake of earthquake", "Earthquake Strikes in Oaxaca State, Mexico, Stirring Fear", "5.9 quake hits southern Mexico, but no damage reported", "Mexico earthquake: Helicopter crashes in emergency killing 14", "13 killed in helicopter crash after Mexico earthquake", Sapphire Aviation Bell UH-1H Iroquois crash, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2018_Oaxaca_earthquake&oldid=976057379, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, 2 injured (direct) / 14 dead, 15 injured (indirect), This page was last edited on 31 August 2020, at 23:25. Read or Share this story: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/02/16/mexico-struck-massive-7-5-magnitude-earthquake/347281002/, epa06534012 People wait outside their offices and vehicles after an earthquake, in Mexico City, Mexico, 16 February 2018. A 7.2 magnitude earthquake shook Mexico City, the center and south of the country today at 5:39 pm local time (23:39 GMT) with epicenter on the Pacific coast, reported the National Seismological Service. Footage inside a building show lights swaying back and forth with people lined up along a hallway. One year earlier, the deadly Puebla earthquake struck 55km from Mexico City, killing 370 people and injuring more than 6,000, and leveling more than 40 buildings.
Video footage from inside the Mexico City newsroom of a daily newspaper, Milenio, showed employees ducking underneath desks as light fixtures swung wildly. No deaths were reported from this quake. "At least two sensors inside the city detected it.".

[5], Alejandro Murat Hinojosa, the Governor of Oaxaca, was in Tuxtepec at the time the earthquake struck and immediately left to survey the damage in Pinotepa Nacional with Alfonso Navarrete Prida, who had become the Secretary of the Interior the month before. People console each other, Friday, after the 7.2 magnitude earthquake, in Mexico City. ", All of England needs to be under Tier 3 lockdown by Xmas, gloomy medics warn, Mums rave about B&Q’s £57 room dividers which give kids their own space, Where are the Shameless cast now? The first signs of damage is emerging, but the scale of it is far from clear. In the region of this earthquake, the Cocos Plate moves approximately northeastward at a rate of 60 mm/yr. The depth and focal mechanism solutions of the event are consistent with its occurrence on the subduction zone interface between these plates, approximately 90 km northeast of the Middle America Trench. The initial 7.2-magnitude shock was followed 57 minutes later by a magnitude-5.8 aftershock. A massive earthquake hit Mexico Friday evening, leaving buildings shaking throughout the southern portion of the country. El #sismo detectado en la Ciudad de México se originó de manera artificial. MEXICO CITY — A 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Mexico’s southern Pacific Coast on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey. People walk down the center of a street in the Roma neighborhood after an earthquake shook Mexico City. Mexico's National Seismological Service put the magnitude of the quake at 7.0, and seismic monitor network Sky Alert said the quake was felt across the states of Guerrero, Oaxaca and Puebla. [2], A second quake, registering 5.9, struck Oaxaca on February 19, 2018, around 12:57 AM local time.

A 7.2 magnitude earthquake shook Mexico City, the center and south of the country today at 5:39 pm local time (23:39 GMT) with epicenter on the Pacific coast, reported the National Seismological Service. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). At some point the stresses become too much and the rock formations slip, releasing energy as an earthquake. Piso 38 en Reforma. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site.
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