An earthquake of magnitude 7.5 on the Richter scale rocked southern Mexico on Tuesday morning, according to the National Seismological Service. A tsunami alert was triggered in Central America after this earthquake.
Así me toco en bosques de las Lomas, in mi edificio, así la banqueta. #sismocdmx #sismo pic.twitter.com/dAB0DoBP0I
- Ale Castillo (@yaredi) June 23, 2020The epicenter of this earthquake, of which it is not yet known whether it caused casualties, is located in the locality of Crucecita, in the state of O axaca, in the south of the country, the institute said. It has been felt in several districts of the capital Mexico. Many Mexicans, alerted by the siren that sounded in Mexico City, immediately took to the streets.
#BREAKING: A magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes Mexico. Look at this video of a building in the area where the earthquake happened. # FOX26 #LIVEDESK
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This earthquake intervenes in the middle of the Covid-19 crisis. Many people in Mexico City did not have time to put on a mask when they left their house in a hurry.
🔴 Primeras imágenes del sismo en # México el # Sismológiconacional adjusted the magnitude to 7.5 epicentro 23 km from #Crucecita #Oaxaca
23 junio 2020 # escenariofinal #Sismo #earthquake #Mexico pic.twitter.com/lp2MBHqN8k
"We currently have no information about possible damage," said David Leon, Mexico's civil protection official, who met with President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, according to the daily Milenio.
370 dead in 2017
The last major earthquake in Mexico dates back to September 2017. It had shaken Mexico City and the states near Morelo and Puebla where the epicenter was located, killing 370 people.
On September 19, 1985, an magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck the Mexican capital, killing more than 10,000 people and destroying hundreds of buildings. The earthquake, whose epicenter was on the Pacific coast, is considered one of the most destructive in the history of the country.
