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mobeau69

(11,145 posts) Sat Sep 23, 2017, 09:34 AM Sep 2017

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6.2 magnitude quake felt in Mexico City, seismic alarm sounds (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Source: RT

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

Read more: https://www.rt.com/news/404298-mexico-earthquake-hits-usgs/

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6.2 magnitude quake felt in Mexico City, seismic alarm sounds (PHOTOS, VIDEO) (Original Post) mobeau69 Sep 2017 OP

On the coast, just south of Oaxaca City, very shallow, 3 km Warpy Sep 2017 #1

This is incredibly odd. a la izquierda Sep 2017 #2

Warpy

(111,271 posts)

1. On the coast, just south of Oaxaca City, very shallow, 3 km

Reply to mobeau69 (Original post)

Sat Sep 23, 2017, 04:47 PM

Sep 2017

This one has the potential to be worse than last week's quake.

a la izquierda

(11,795 posts)

2. This is incredibly odd.

Reply to mobeau69 (Original post)

Sat Sep 23, 2017, 05:48 PM

Sep 2017

I've been studying in Mexico for a decade and have never seen anything like this.

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