A powerful earthquake struck western Mexico on Monday, shaking buildings hundreds of miles away in Mexico City, on the anniversary of two major tremors in 1985 and 2017, seismologists said.
The National Seismological Agency said the earthquake had a magnitude of 7.4, while the United States Geological Survey put it at 7.6.
According to Mexican seismologists, the epicenter was 59 kilometers (37 miles) south of Colcomán in the state of Michoacán on the Pacific coast and several hundred kilometers west of Mexico City.
Mexico City’s earthquake alarms went off less than an hour after emergency disaster drills were held in the capital, sending people back into the streets.
“It felt terrible,” Karina Suarez, 37, said after evacuating the building where she lives in the capital.
“No damage has been reported so far,” Mexico City Mayor Claudia Scheinbaum tweeted.
On September 19, 1985, an 8.1 magnitude earthquake struck Mexico City, killing more than 10,000 people and destroying hundreds of buildings.
On the anniversary of the earthquake in 2017, a 7.1-magnitude earthquake killed around 370 people, mainly in the capital.
