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Aftermath photos are streaming in after a 7.1 earthquake brought Mexico to its knees on Tuesday, toppling buildings and leaving at least 226 dead.
The 2017 Puebla earthquake, also known as 19S, struck at 13:14 CDT (18:14 UTC) on 19 September 2017 with an estimated magnitude of 7.1 M w and strong shaking for about 20 seconds. Its epicenter was about 55 km (34 mi) south of the city of Puebla , Mexico .
Mexico lies within two seismically active earthquake zones. The Baja California peninsula lies near the boundary of the Pacific plate and the North American plate, while southern Mexico lies just north of the boundary between the North American plate and the Cocos and Rivera tectonic plates. The Cocos plate is subducting under the North ...
see 2017 Ischia earthquake: 40.780 13.945 2 4.2 M b (USGS) Centred 4 km north of Ischia, Italy, at a depth of 9.3 km. [246] August 22, 2017 22:26 Leyte, Philippines 11.014 124.736 2 5.0 M b (USGS) Centred 8 km NNE of Talisayan, Philippines, at a depth of 10.0 km. [247] September 8, 2017 04:49 Offshore Chiapas, Mexico see 2017 Chiapas earthquake ...
Powerful earthquake strikes Mexico on anniversary of 2017, 1985 tremors
Buildings shook in southwestern Mexico after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck the country on Monday. It came less than an hour after an annual drill was held to commemorate devastating quakes on ...
The 2017 Chiapas earthquake struck at 23:49 CDT on 7 September (local time; 04:49 on the 8th UTC) in the Gulf of Tehuantepec off the southern coast of Mexico near the state of Chiapas, approximately 87 kilometres (54 mi) southwest of Pijijiapan (alternately, 101 kilometres (63 mi) south-southwest of Tres Picos), [6] with a Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). [7]
The earthquake killed an old man, two others people were injured, 159 houses and two religious buildings were damaged. [282] A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, on October 24 at a depth of 26.1 km (16.2 mi). [283] A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Japan, on October 25 at a depth of 26.1 km (16.2 mi ...