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panader0

(25,816 posts) Fri Feb 16, 2018, 08:02 PM Feb 2018

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7.5 magnitude earthquake in central Oaxaca, Mexico

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7.5 magnitude earthquake in central Oaxaca, Mexico (Original Post) panader0 Feb 2018 OP

I loved that city. WhiteTara Feb 2018 #1

I too love that place. panader0 Feb 2018 #2

We stayed in some little bungalows that centered WhiteTara Feb 2018 #6

eep AllaN01Bear Feb 2018 #4

https://earthquake-report.com/2018/02/16/massive-earthquake-pinotepa-de-don-luis-mexico-february-16- panader0 Feb 2018 #3

That's a big quake. TeamPooka Feb 2018 #5

WhiteTara

(29,721 posts)

1. I loved that city.

Reply to panader0 (Original post)

Fri Feb 16, 2018, 08:07 PM

Feb 2018

It will probably crumble. I hope there is no loss of lives, but that may not possible because the city is densely populated.

panader0

(25,816 posts)

2. I too love that place.

Reply to WhiteTara (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 16, 2018, 08:12 PM

Feb 2018

I stayed at a cheap hotel in a room on a 4th floor roof. Outdoor shower, etc.
I got there at night and when I woke up and went out onto the roof I saw a
church right across a narrow street that must have been 2 or 3 hundred years old.
A beautiful city.

WhiteTara

(29,721 posts)

6. We stayed in some little bungalows that centered

Reply to panader0 (Reply #2)

Fri Feb 16, 2018, 08:15 PM

Feb 2018

around the veranda covered with lots of plants and flowers and great coffee and a very congenial host.

AllaN01Bear

(18,359 posts)

4. eep

Reply to WhiteTara (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 16, 2018, 08:14 PM

Feb 2018

usgs website:
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us2000d3km#executive

panader0

(25,816 posts)

3. https://earthquake-report.com/2018/02/16/massive-earthquake-pinotepa-de-don-luis-mexico-february-16-

Reply to panader0 (Original post)

Fri Feb 16, 2018, 08:13 PM

Feb 2018

TeamPooka

(24,250 posts)

5. That's a big quake.

Reply to panader0 (Original post)

Fri Feb 16, 2018, 08:15 PM

Feb 2018

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