Mexico was hit by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake yesterday, according to the USGS. Previously, a strength of 7.5 was assumed. Portal news agency reported from Mexico City about swaying buildings.
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said in a video speech that one person was killed by the collapse of a wall in the city of Manzanillo. Photos posted on the Internet, said to come from the affected region, showed badly damaged homes.
The tsunami warning agency predicted one meter high tsunami waves. According to the information, the focus of the earthquake was on the Pacific coast of the state of Michoacán, at a depth of ten kilometers.
The quake occurred on the anniversary of the two devastating earthquakes of 1985 and 2017. On September 19, an 8.1 magnitude quake in Mexico City killed more than 10,000 people and destroyed hundreds of buildings. On September 19, 2017, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake killed around 370 people, mostly in the capital.