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A new earthquake shook Mexico: it was of magnitude 6.9 and left at least two dead

After Monday’s phenomenon, Thursday morning delivered a new episode with similar characteristics.

A earthquake of preliminary magnitude 6.9 was registered in the early hours of this Thursday in Mexico, according to the National Seismological Service. So far reported two fatalities.

This is the second telluric movement in a week in that region, after the one registered last Monday, when two deaths were recorded.

According to the Head of Government of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum, there were at least two dead: A woman lost her life after hitting her head after falling from the stairs of her home in the Doctores neighborhood, while a man suffered a heart attack in the Education neighborhood.

“EARTHQUAKE Magnitude 6.9 Loc. 84 km SOUTH of COALCOMAN, MICH 09/22/22 01:16:09 Lat 18.01 Lon -103.18 Pf 12 km”, officially reported that agency on its social networks.

The two deaths in the first episode occurred in the port of Manzanillo, in Colima, a state in western Mexico, where there were also nine injured.

In Mexico City, the seismic alert was activated, so hundreds of thousands of citizens took to the streets to protect themselves from the tremor.

“A woman who was severely injured because a wall fell on her and died, and a man who also received severe injuries and died from the collapse of a roof in a shopping plaza,” said Laura Velázquez, national coordinator of Civil Protection.

Through his social networks, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador released a video to report on the situation. “We had a replica of the earthquake with a magnitude of 6.9 with an epicenter in Coalcomán. It was felt in Michoacán, Colima, Jalisco, Guerrero and Mexico City. So far there is no report of damage,” he wrote in the publication.

Facing the camera and from his office, he said: “Again, the earthquake at around 1:20 in the morning. An aftershock, they report 6.9.” In the middle of his speech, he answered a call and shared information about the moment: “There are no reports of damage, he just felt strong. We will continue to watch.”

Recent history of earthquake and two deaths in Mexico

Less than 72 hours earlier, on Monday afternoon, central Mexico registered an earthquake of magnitude 7.7, the same day that two earthquakes that left thousands dead in 1985 and 2017 were commemorated. The strong tremor caused concern and thousands of people left the buildings to take refuge in the streets. It was confirmed the death of two people.

The National Seismological detailed on Twitter that the epicenter was located 63 kilometers south of Coalcomán, in the state of Michoacán, on the Pacific coast. It happened at 1:05 p.m. local time (3:05 p.m. in Argentina) and was 15 kilometers deep.

At first, the SSN had placed the magnitude at 6.8, to revise it shortly after. It was then raised to 7.7.

Within two hours of the earthquake there were 168 aftershocks, although less intense. The strongest was at 2:30 p.m. (4:30 p.m. in Argentina), south of Tecomán: 5.3 magnitude.

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