Beijing News (Reporter Zhu Yuehong) The British "Independent" quoted the Mexican National Earthquake Administration as saying that as of the late afternoon of September 19 local time, Mexico had 314 aftershocks, the largest of which was a magnitude 5.3 earthquake, with the focal center in Colima.
The Independent reported that medical staff in Colima carried patients on stretchers to the streets in case the hospital became unsafe due to earthquakes. Some drivers also said landslides on the expressway hindered traffic. In addition, the Mexican House of Representatives suspended all meetings.
Local time on September 19, 2022, an earthquake occurred in the local area in the capital of Mexico Mexico City . Photo/IC photo
Early on September 19th local time, an earthquake occurred in Mexico. The Mexican National Earthquake Administration previously measured the magnitude of to be 7.5, and then adjusted to 7.7. Reuters quoted official Mexico data as saying that as of now, one person has died.
This earthquake marks the anniversary of two major earthquakes in Mexico history . According to Bloomberg, the earthquake that occurred decades ago was much worse. On September 19, 1985, an earthquake struck Mexico with a magnitude of 8.0, killing thousands of people. On the same day in 2017, another magnitude 7.1 earthquake occurred in Mexico, killing hundreds of people. This time, it is this familiar feeling that makes people feel nervous.
Jose Luis Matteos, a physics researcher at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, told Bloomberg that in Mexico, the same country, the probability of a major earthquake of magnitude 7 or above on the same day in 1985, 2017 and September 19, 2022 is 0.00075%.
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