Register
MEXICO CITY, Sept 19 (Portal) – A powerful earthquake struck western Mexico on Monday, the anniversary of two devastating tremors that killed at least one person, damaged buildings, cut power and evacuated residents of Mexico City for safety Street were pushed.
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said in a video address that one person died in the Pacific port of Manzanillo after a wall collapsed at a store.
Just after 1 p.m. (1800 GMT), the 7.6-magnitude quake struck near the coast in the border region of the states of Michoacan and Colima at a depth of around 15 km (9 miles), the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.
Register
Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said there were no immediate reports of damage in the capital after the tremors that struck Mexico on the same day major tremors hit the country in 1985 and 2017.
“It’s that date, there’s something about the 19th,” said Ernesto Lanzetta, a business owner in the city’s Cuauhtemoc neighborhood. “The 19th is a day to fear.”
In a previous message before the death was announced, Lopez Obrador said there was material damage in areas near the epicenter. Images posted to social media showed heavily damaged buildings.
Power went out in parts of the central Roma area of the capital, about 400 km (250 miles) from the epicentre. Local residents with pets lined the streets, while tourists visiting a local market with a local guide were visibly confused and upset.
Traffic lights stopped working and people were clutching their phones, texting or waiting for calls to come through.
Thousands of people were killed in the September 19, 1985 earthquake and more than 350 died in the September 19, 2017 quake.
The US Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami warning for parts of Mexico’s coast, saying waves reaching 1 to 3 meters (3 to 9 feet) above tide levels are possible.
Register
Editorial coverage of Mexico City; writing by Dave Graham; Edited by Stephen Eisenhammer and Sandra Maler
Our standards: The Thomson Portal Trust Principles.