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6.2 magnitude quake felt in Mexico City, citizens evacuate onto streets (PHOTOS, VIDEOS) | |
(about 1 hour later) | |
Earthquake warning sirens are currently sounding in Mexico City while the head of the city government has advised that emergency protocols have been activated following a 6.4 temblor in the city of Ixtepec in the southern state of Oaxaca. | |
Initial reports from the Mexican Seismological authority said the quake struck at 07:53 am local time at a depth of 10 kilometers with an epicenter approximately 12 km north of the City of Ixtepec. This is around 530km south of Mexico City. | |
In an update, the service downgraded it to a 6.1 magnitude earthquake, placing its epicenter seven kilometers west of the town of Union Hidalgo in Oaxaca at a depth of 75km. | |
So far there have been no reports of injuries, fatalities or damage, reports news outlet 24 Horas. | |
Earlier Saturday, Oaxaca registered at least four earthquakes in the early hours, ranging between a magnitude of 4.1 and 5.8 on the Richter scale. | |
A total of three earthquakes off the coast of Paredon were recorded by the USGS, at depths ranging from 74.2km to 10km. | A total of three earthquakes off the coast of Paredon were recorded by the USGS, at depths ranging from 74.2km to 10km. |
Mexico's National Seismological Service recorded a total of four earthquakes in as many hours in the Gulf of Tehuantepec off the coast of states Chiapas and Oaxaca. | |
Mexico has suffered far more powerful earthquakes recently; a 7.1 magnitude one that hit on Tuesday, killing at least 295 people, as well as the 8.1 magnitude quake in the southern state of Chiapas earlier in September. | |
READ MORE: Over 200 dead as powerful 7.1 earthquake destroys buildings in central Mexico | READ MORE: Over 200 dead as powerful 7.1 earthquake destroys buildings in central Mexico |
Mexico lies at the meeting point of three major tectonic plates, and it is therefore prone to multiple earthquakes within a short time, as have occurred in recent weeks. | Mexico lies at the meeting point of three major tectonic plates, and it is therefore prone to multiple earthquakes within a short time, as have occurred in recent weeks. |