Warning in Mexico after recording a magnitude 6 earthquake

The earthquake occurred at 8:31 am (GMT 2:31 pm GMT), 17 kilometers south of Tecpan de Galeana, in the state of Guerrero in southern Mexico, according to records from the Mexican National Seismological Service (SSN). The earthquake was felt in Mexico City, so Hundreds of thousands of citizens left their homes and departments to security and protection zones.

Following the earthquake, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador confirmed the magnitude of the earthquake and that its epicenter was on the coast of Guerrero state. “The first report is that it trembled with a magnitude of 6 on the Costa Grande de Guerrero in Tecpan. The Civil Protection plan is being implemented. We will report soon,” he wrote in the message posted on social networks.

Claudia Sheinbaum, Mayor of Mexico City, on social networks the Secretariat of Comprehensive Risk Management and Civil Protection “no event log after the earthquake in the city”. He also said that after a flight the capital’s Minister of Citizens’ Security “no damage reported Some”.

Meanwhile, the governor of Guerrero state, Evelyn Salgado, said that “no major damage has been recorded in the state, but, according to the Civil Protection,” continuous monitoring in coordination with municipalities.

The earthquake this Sunday followed the earthquakes that shook Mexico nearly three months ago. magnitude 7.7 and 5.6 on September 19 and 23respectively.

The earthquake on September 19 came less than an hour after the national exercise held every September 19 to commemorate the 1985 and 2017 earthquakes that occurred on the same date and are considered the most devastating earthquakes in recent history. The 23rd was one of thousands of aftershocks on 19 September.

in Mexico, Three earthquakes in September 2017 killed 471 people. On the 7th, 19th and 23rd – in the worst natural tragedy since the 1985 earthquake that killed thousands in the nation’s capital.