Mexico earthquake of magnitude 8.2 strikes off Pacific coast – Tsunami Alert for México

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Mexico earthquake of magnitude 8.2 strikes off Pacific coast – Tsunami Alert for México – ? praying for our bothers in Mexico

An earthquake described by Mexico's president as the country's strongest in a century has struck off the southern coast, killing at least six people.

One person also died in neighbouring Guatemala, its president has said. 

The quake, which Mexico's leader Enrique Peña Nieto said measured 8.2, struck in the Pacific, about 87km (54 miles) south-west of Pijijiapan.

A tsunami warning was issued for Mexico, with three-metre-high waves possible, and other nearby countries.

The quake, which struck at 23:50 local time on Thursday (04:50 GMT Friday), was felt in Mexico City, with buildings swaying and people running into the street. The tremors there, about 1,000km from the epicentre, were reported to have lasted up to a minute.

President Peña Nieto said some 50 million Mexicans would have felt the tremor and that the death toll might rise.Four deaths were reported in Mexico's Chiapas state, near the epicentre.

Two children were killed in Tabasco state, one a baby who died when power was cut to a respirator.

Severe damage was reported in southern Mexico and in western Guatemala.

Social media images showed collapsed buildings in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, including in the city of the same name and in Juchitan, where the municipal palace and a number of other structures were levelled.

Local reports speak of a hospital in Juchitan also collapsing and say there are a number of deaths in the city.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) said that tsunami waves "reaching more than three metres above the tide level are possible along the coasts of Mexico". There is a coastal evacuation in Chiapas state, where a state of emergency has been declared.

The PTWC warned of tsunami threats for El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Costa Rica, but at lower wave levels.

At magnitude 8.2, the quake outstrips the deadly 1985 tremor that hit close to Mexico City and caused thousands of deaths.

The US Geological Survey measured the latest quake slightly lower, at 8.1, saying it struck at a depth of 70km.

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http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/09/08/549367950/deadly-earthquake-off-southern-mexico-triggers-tsunami-warning

 

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8.2 m earthquake, the most intense in 100 years, in Mexico's history.

The seismic focus occurred at midnight on Thursday, 7 September, was located 69 km deep and the epicenter was located 113 km south of tonalá and 198 km South-Southwest of Tuxtla Gutierrez.

There was a replica of 5,7 to 29 miles southwest of wall, Mexico.
At least 16 people lost their lives in Mexico and Guatemala as a result of the devastating earthquake. 15 of them were in Mexico, 10 of them in the state of Oaxaca, 3 Chiapas Tabasco. In addition, one person died in Guatemala.

According to the governor of chiapas, as a result of the replicas there was damage to homes, schools, hospitals, there is no electricity. He urged people living near the coast to flee their homes in the near future. According to the governor of the state of Tabasco, two children died in the region. One of them died in the collapse of the walls of the house, and the other - because of the disconnection of artificial ventilation in the hospital when it was turned off as a result of the disaster.

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