An earthquake of magnitude 7.2 shook Mexico this Friday at 5:39 p.m. local time, according to reports from the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Initially he reported it at 7.5.
The seismic focus was located 24.6 km deep and the epicenter was located 54 kilometers northeast of Pinotepa Nacional and 109 kilometers west-southwest of Oaxaca.
Minutes later, at 6:36 p.m. A replica of magnitude 5.8 was registered according to reports from the USGS. In this case, the seismic focus was located at 8.9 km depth and the epicenter was located 35.5 kilometers east-southeast of Pinotepa Nacional and 145 kilometers southwest of Oaxaca.
The president of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto, indicated after the earthquake of 7.2 that all the protocols have been activated.
For its part, the National Coordinator of Civil Protection of the Ministry of the Interior, Luis Felipe Puente, informed that no tsunami generation is expected in the Mexican coasts.
The Secretary of the Interior of Mexico, Alfonso Navarrete, explained that the earthquake lasted one minute. "No major damage was reported, it felt very strong on the coast of Guerrero, Oaxaca and Michoacán, Mexico City evidently generated fright, at this time there is no report of loss of life or serious damage," he said. the afternoon of this Friday. He indicated that he was then going to Pinotepa Nacional, "to carry out an evaluation and on this see what more measures are taken".
LEE: Why does it tremble so much in Mexico?
According to Mexico's Seismological, Oaxaca, where the epicenter of the earthquake was located this Tuesday, is one of the states with the highest seismicity in the country. According to the entity, register
approximately 25% of the earthquakes in Mexico. "The origin of this seismicity is due to the convergent contact between two important tectonic plates where the Cocos plate
subduce under the North American plate. The interaction between these two plates takes place on the Pacific coast from Chiapas to Jalisco, "explained the Seismological.
Last September two strong earthquakes shook Mexico. The first occurred on September 7 with a magnitude of 8.1 and hit the southern coast of Mexico. The following was 7.1 and was recorded on the 19th, in a tragic anniversary that recalled the 1985 earthquake.
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In a video posted on Twitter, the Red Cross of Mexico City region