On the anniversary of two devastating earthquakes, Mexico is again shaken by a powerful earthquake, a reminder of the tragedy

BUT 7.4 magnitude earthquake Authorities said central Mexico was rocked by one death on Monday, just as two large earthquakes were reported that killed thousands in 1985 and 2017.

Less than an hour after the 1985 and 2017 commemorative earthquake drills, strong aftershocks have caused panic in various parts of the capital and other states in the center of the country.

“A person died as a result of the fall of the fence (wall) of a shopping center in the city of chamomile (state of Colima),” he said in Twitter the president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

National Seismological Servicewho originally placed the magnitude at 6.8, detailed in Twitter that the epicenter was 59 km south of Coalcoman (Michoacán), on the Pacific coast.

Civil protection ruled out the risk of a tsunami.

“I thought I was going to have a heart attack! One is nervous in September,” Gabriela Ramirez, a 58-year-old housewife who lives in the Roma Condesa sector, one of the most vulnerable in the capital, told AFP. Earth.

shaking activated a seismic alarm that sounds a minute before this type of event occurs, causing a massive evacuation of 9.2 million residents in the capital.

“There is no information about damage yet,” he wrote on his Instagram account. Twitter Mayor of Mexico City Claudia Sheinbaum.

government bodies Michoacánwhere the quake hit, no casualties were reported, and residents report minor property damage.

fateful date

The seismic alert sounded less than an hour after millions of people took part in the national trainingwhich is held every September 19 for prevention purposes.

This is the third earthquake recorded on September 19 in the history of Mexico (since records are kept) after what happened in 1985, with magnitude 8.1, resulting in over 10,000 deaths, the vast majority in the capital.

On the same day in 2017, another 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit the center of the country, killing 369 people.

The quake this Monday came just nine minutes later than it did in 2017.

“It was terrible. We got out as soon as we felt it, when the alarm went off,” said Karina Suarez, 37, outside her home in central Roma.

Milenio TV channel announced the evacuation of a building on República de Uruguay Street, in the historic center mexico cityarea with old and densely populated buildings.

Social media users report the collapse of flimsy outer walls and broken glass in the buildings of the metropolis, which, together with its agglomeration, unites about 22 million inhabitants.

Most of Mexican capital It is located on an old lake, so the subsurface here is muddy, and telluric waves are more intense than on solid ground.

The 2017 earthquake was of lesser magnitude than this Monday, but the epicenter was about 160 kilometers from the capital, while on Monday it was about 600 kilometers, judging by highways.

AFP