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The earthquake caused damage in the Mexican states of Puebla and Morelos and in the Greater Mexico City area, including the collapse of more than 40 buildings. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] 370 people were killed by the earthquake and related building collapses, including 228 in Mexico City , [ 8 ] [ 9 ] and more than 6,000 were injured.
Southern Mexico also contains numerous faults, which causes that section of the country to have high tectonic activity. Northeastern Mexico and the Yucatan Peninsula are not as seismically active as the area close to the boundary between the North American and Cocos plates, but destructive earthquakes can still occur in those areas.
Just three days after an earthquake shook western and central Mexico, another powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 struck Mexico early Thursday, causing buildings to topple and ...
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit southwest Mexico early Thursday, killing at least one person, days after another deadly quake. 6.8-magnitude earthquake strikes Mexico, killing 1 person Skip to main ...
The earthquake coincidentally occurred on the 37th anniversary of the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, which killed around 10,000 people, and the fifth anniversary of the 2017 Puebla earthquake that struck the state of Puebla and killed 370 people. A national earthquake drill was being held shortly after midday, less than an hour before the ...
The quake's epicenter was about 10 miles northeast of Acapulco and 180 miles south of Mexico City. 7.0 earthquake shakes central Mexico, immediate damage unclear Skip to main content
The 1999 Tehuacán earthquake, or the 1999 Central Mexico earthquake, occurred on June 15 at 15:42 local time (20:42 UTC) near Tehuacán, Puebla, Mexico, close to the state of Oaxaca. The earthquake measured 7.0 on the moment magnitude scale.
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake was reported Sunday at 6:31 a.m. Pacific time two miles from Corral Falso, Mexico, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.