(AP Foto/Luis Alberto Cruz Hernández)A man removes rubble from a building damaged by an earthquake in Oaxaca, Mexico, Tuesday, June 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)People brace themselves against a wall during a 7.5 earthquake, in Mexico City, Tuesday, June 23, 2020. González said there was some visible broken glass and mirrors, but no major damage.
Enter City/ZIP Unable to evacuate isolation areas, patients huddled under a large beam in the women’s ward while a nurse tried to calm one having a panic attack.Teresa Juárez could only wish for it to pass quickly from her hospital bed where she lay connected to oxygen.
The epicenter of the earthquake — which struck Tuesday at 2:14 p.m. E.T.
“This area is capable of and has had larger earthquakes in the past.”“There will be aftershocks,” Earle said.
(AP Photo/Luis Alberto Cruz Hernandez)Un policía permanece de pie el martes 23 de junio de 2020 frente a una construcción que sufrió daños tras un terremoto en Oaxaca, México. The earthquake struck near the Huatulco resort in the Oaxaca state on Tuesday morning, swayed buildings in Mexico City and sent thousands fleeing into the streets. An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 jolted 12 km SSW of Santa Maria Zapotitlan of Mexico at 15:29:05 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. State officials said they were looking for damage.The USGS estimated that some 2 million people felt strong or moderate shaking and another 49 million felt weak or light shaking.The earthquake hit a quake-prone region where four underground tectonic plates come together. The earthquake centered near the resort of Huatulco in southern Mexico swayed buildings in Mexico City and sent thousands into the streets. (Photo by Max Nunez/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)OAXACA, MEXICO - JUNE 23: Workers remove landslide rocks blocking a road in Santa Maria Huatulco after a magnitude-7.5 earthquake trembled Mexico's southern Oaxaca state on June 23, 2020.
Crucecita, Oaxaca was the epicenter of the earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 Richter scale that caused minor damage- PHOTOGRAPH BY Mariana Bae / Eyepix Group/ Barcroft Studios / Future Publishing (Photo credit should read Mariana Bae / Eyepix Group/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)OAXACA, MEXICO - JUNE 23: An inside view of a building with cracked walls and damaged interior parts after a magnitude-7.5 earthquake trembled Mexico's southern Oaxaca state on June 23, 2020.
The Seismic Institute said the quake struck at 10.29 a.m. local time (1529GMT).
Power was knocked out to some areas.Helicopters flew over downtown Mexico City and police patrols sounded their sirens.Groups of people still milled around in close proximity on streets and sidewalks in some neighborhoods of the capital about an hour after the quake. Mexico City earthquake of 1985: collapsed building Relief workers outside the Urbana Suarez apartment complex, which completely collapsed in the Sept. 19, 1985, earthquake in Mexico City. In the past 35 years, there have been at least seven magnitude 7 or greater earthquakes, killing around 10,000 people — most of them in a 1985 8.0 quake.“This has the potential to be a deadly earthquake and cause significant damage,” U.S. Geological Survey seismologist Paul Earle said. The quake was felt in several states and triggered seismic alarms in Mexico City. Mexico City has had: (M1.5 or greater) 0 earthquakes in the past 24 hours 0 earthquakes in the past 7 days; 0 earthquakes in the past 30 days; 3 earthquakes in the past 365 days Yahoo Mobile is perfect for youTwo Savings Accounts That Pay 10x What Your Bank PaysWhat Most Americans Don't Realize About Car InsuranceForget the 30yr mortgage if you owe less than $726k (Do this instea…How to pay off your house ASAP (So simple it's unbelievable)Congress Gives Veterans A Generous Mortgage Relief ProgramDigital Mortgage Platform Helps Home Buyers Shop for Mortgages
“This area is capable of and has had larger earthquakes in the past.”“There will be aftershocks,” Earle said.
(Xinhua via Getty) (Xinhua/[e]STR via Getty Images)OAXACA , June 23, 2020 -- Photo taken on June 23, 2020 shows debris on a street after an earthquake in Oaxaca, Mexico. “It’s horrible, you’re here and you don’t know what to do,” she said.The U.S. Geologic Survey said the quake hit at 10:29 a.m. (11:29 a.m. Eastern) along Mexico’s southern Pacific coast at a depth of 16 miles (26 km).
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