A strong 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck western Mexico on Monday (September 19th) and was felt as far away as central Mexico City, the same day as the devastating earthquakes of 1985 and 2017, the National Seismological Institute said. .
“We sincerely hope that nothing serious has happened”tweeted President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador. “So far, no damage has been reported”Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said on Twitter.
The epicenter was located in the state of Michoacan (west). In the capital, residents took to the streets again when the alarm sounded, barely half an hour after an earthquake drill.
Double anniversary of the great earthquakes of September 19, 1985 and 2017
“We didn’t think that was true! But if. It is impressive that today, once again, the earth is shaking so strongly”said Karina Suarez, 37, in central Mexico City.
An anti-seismic exercise is organized every year in Mexico City by the authorities on the occasion of the double anniversary of the two major earthquakes of September 19, 1985 and 2017.
On September 19, 2017, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake killed 369 people. On September 19, 1985, an earthquake of magnitude 8.1 devastated the center of Mexico City, killing more than 10,000 people, most of them in the capital.