A magnitude 7.5 earthquake has struck close to Mexico’s central Pacific coast on the anniversary of two devastating tremors, shaking buildings and setting off earthquake alarms and sending residents of the capital working into the streets.
There have been no fast reviews of injury from the quake which hit at 1.05pm native time, and struck close to the city of La Placita de Morelos within the state of Michoacán at a depth of 15km.
A compulsory evacuation order was issued in Mexico Metropolis, however the mayor, Claudia Sheinbaum, mentioned that to this point there had been no reviews of injury within the capital.
The US Tsunami Warning System mentioned there was threat of a tsunami close to the coast of Michoacán.
It got here precisely 5 years after a tremor killed 370 folks and brought about in depth harm throughout the centre and south of the nation. A earlier quake on the identical day in 1985 killed about 5,000 folks.
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