(ANSA) — MEXICO CITY, SEPTEMBER 19 — A magnitude 7.4 tremor was felt in Mexico today, with its epicenter in Coalcomán, a municipality in the state of Michoacán in central Mexico. This was announced by the National Seismological Center (CSN).
The quake, which struck at 1:05 p.m. local time (8:05 p.m. Italian time), was clearly felt in the capital, Mexico City.
The depth of the earthquake was 15 kilometers, according to CSN.
The peculiarity of the earthquake was that just an hour earlier, in memory of the strong earthquakes of September 19 in 1985 and 2017, the population of the capital had been asked to take part in an earthquake emergency simulation.
Mexico City’s territorial services have announced that immediately after the earthquake, a review of the entire public transport network was carried out, which has been regularly restored since damage to the infrastructure has been ruled out. (HAND).
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