Mexico is reeling under the effects of an earthquake that struck the country on September 19. The magnitude of the earthquake, which struck 100 miles southwest of Mexico City, read 7.6 on the Richter scale.

Authorities issued a tsunami warning after the earthquake struck. The U.S. Geologic Survey revealed that the earthquake had struck at 1:05 PM local time.

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Mexico’s President, Andrés Manuel López, posted a video of him speaking on the phone with Admiral José Rafael Ojeda Durán, Secretary of the Navy. Lopez said that he has been informed of the death of one person from the earthquake.

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The second earthquake was the third time in the country’s recent history that it had been struck by an earthquake on September 19. The earlier incidences took place in the years 1985 and 2017.

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1985 earthquake

The 1985 earthquake had a moment magnitude of 8.0 and had damaged a large section of Greater Mexico City. At least 5,000 people died in the disaster. In May 1985, two foreshocks of magnitude 5.2 had struck. An aftershock, measuring 7.5 in magnitude struck on September 20 and was followed by another measuring 7.0 struck on April 30, 1986.

412 buildings had collapsed due to the earthquake while 3,124 were considerably damaged. Estimated losses summed up to around $3-4 billion USD.

2017 earthquake

In 2017, the Mexican states of Puebla and Morelos, as well as parts of Greater Mexico City were hit by an earthquake, which had an estimated magnitude of 7.1. 40 buildings collapsed and 370 people were killed in the incident.

The disaster occurred only 12 days after another such earthquake rocked the Gulf of Tehuantepec, near Mexico’s southern coast. This earthquake was more intense that the September 19 one, measuring 8.4 on the Richter scale.