Beijing time on September 20th:
Mexico National Earthquake Administration adjusted magnitude to magnitude 7.7. Four states along the Pacific coast launched tsunami warning
Local time on September 19th, Mexican earthquake occurred. After adjusting the earthquake magnitude from 7.5 to 7.4, the Mexico National Earthquake Administration adjusted the earthquake magnitude to 7.7. The
earthquake also activated the tsunami warning in four states along the Pacific coast of Mexico, including Colima, m Choacan , Jalisco and Guerrero. States take relevant measures to deal with possible disasters.
Due to the earthquake, five states in Mexico, including Colima, Aguascalientes, , Jalisco, Guerrero and Morelos, announced their suspension of classes. It is currently tentatively scheduled to suspend classes throughout the school stage on the 19th and 20th. Relevant departments will conduct damage assessments on public buildings such as schools in the region to determine whether their structural strength meets the standards for safe use.
△Picture source: Mexican local media
In fact, it is not only the school teaching building, after the 2017 Mexico earthquake, a considerable number of buildings in the country have been damaged to a certain extent in many places including the capital Mexico City . Although five years have passed so far, due to many factors such as the new crown epidemic, there are still a large number of buildings in Mexico that have not been repaired. This time, another magnitude 7.7 earthquake occurred, causing many buildings that had been damaged to become dangerous buildings, bringing safety hazards.
According to the current news released by the Mexican Civil Defense Ministry, the earthquake caused no major casualties or property losses. So far, one person has died in the epicenter of Colima.
Beijing time September 20th:
Mexico National Earthquake Monitoring Center adjusted earthquake magnitude to 7.4 magnitude, causing 1 death
△ Picture source: Mexico National Earthquake Monitoring Center
Mexican local time September 19th 13:05:09, Mexico City, after the end of the 2022 earthquake warning exercise, the earthquake warning alarm sounded again, and then a real earthquake occurred. The National Earthquake Monitoring Center of Mexico adjusted the earthquake magnitude to 7.4, which was previously initially measured to 7.5. The center of the focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal focal fo
According to information from the Mexican Civil Defense Ministry, in the Mall of Mansanillo, Colima, near the epicenter center, a person was hit by a falling wall component and died. According to information from the Chinese Embassy in Mexico, there are currently no information reports on casualties of Chinese citizens in the earthquake.
Beijing time on September 20th:
Mexico held earthquake exercises and other activities Memorializes the victims of the earthquake in 1985 and 2017
△Mexean Constitution Square has lowered half-staff (Photo source: local media in Mexico)
On the morning of September 19th local time, Mexican President Lopez presided over a commemorative event for the victims of the Great Mexican earthquake in 1985 and 2017, and at the same time, has lowered half-staff and held a 1-minute silence ceremony.
According to the plan, at noon on the 19th, Mexico City will also hold a city-wide earthquake warning exercise, which is also part of the commemorative event. The exercises will be participated in the capital Mexico City and eight other states. According to the preset, the exercise uses the real earthquake warning as the starting signal. The magnitude of the earthquake during the exercise is set to 8.1 magnitude. The epicenter center is located in Michoacan State in central Mexico. It sends earthquake alerts through 13,860 tweeters throughout the city, Mexico's capital, Mexico, and at the same time, it sends earthquake warnings through multiple channels such as television, radio, and the Internet. Evacuation and escape exercises are held in public buildings such as schools and hospitals within Mexico City.Public transportation facilities including rail transit will be suspended for several minutes. The Mexico City government calls on the public to actively participate in earthquake exercises, follow the instructions of the Ministry of Civil Defense staff to evacuate, and be familiar with the escape routes of their buildings.
At 7:19 on September 19, 1985, a magnitude 8.1 earthquake occurred in Mexico, killing more than 7,000 people and injuring 11,000 people. On the same day on September 19, 2017, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake occurred in the state of Morelos in central Mexico, killing at least 217 people.
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