A magnitude 6.2 earthquake rattled a area of southwest Mexico on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey stated. There have been no rapid reviews of casualties or harm.
The tremor was about 5 miles from Coalcoman de Vazquez Pallares, a municipality of round 20,000 individuals about 372 miles west of the capital Mexico Metropolis. The quake struck at a depth of 53 miles.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum stated on social media platform X that the nationwide emergency providers had reported “there are no new developments and are initiating review protocols” in Coalcoman.
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Mexico lies on 5 tectonic plates that make it one of many world’s most earthquake-vulnerable nations, notably on the Pacific coast.
In 1985 an 8.1 magnitude quake centered on the Pacific coast ravaged a lot of central and southern Mexico, killing hundreds and inflicting extreme harm in Mexico Metropolis.
A 7.1-magnitude quake on September 19, 2017, killed 369 individuals, most of them within the capital.
On the identical day in 2022, central Mexico was hit by one other quake, simply hours after hundreds of thousands of individuals had taken half in a mock earthquake security train. The repercussions of the 7.6 magnitude quake prolonged so far as 1,500 miles north, the place four-foot-tall waves started churning inside a Dying Valley cave referred to as Devils Gap.
