On the night of the 7th of local time, approachMexicoThe pacific ocean in the south is above class eightEarthquakeAt least 58 people have died, and the capital, mexico city, has a strong sense of shock. The president of mexico, enrique peña nieto, described the earthquake as a “hundred-year encounter”. The earthquake had a strong vibrancy, a wide-ranging impact and a series of aftershocks, causing damage and casualties in mexico and the surrounding countries。
The earthquake occurred at 23. 49 p. M. Local time on 7 july in the pacific ocean, 137 km south-west of the coastal city of tonara, chiapas. The state of chiapas is bordered by guatemala, which has a clear sense of shock throughout the country。
The mexico national seismic centre updated the data early in the morning of the 8th day, increasing the seismic level from 8. 0 to 8. 4; china seismic network measured the seismic level at 8. 2 and the source depth at 20 km; and the united states geological survey seismic information network upgraded the seismic level from 8. 0 to 8. 1. Meanwhile, dozens of aftershocks occurred near the epicentre. According to the united states geological exploration service website, there were as many as seven aftershocks above level 5。
In a speech delivered at penia, which was directed by the national disaster preparedness centre for disaster relief, the earthquake was the strongest earthquake in mexico in the past 100 years, with 50 million of mexico's 120 million people having felt it。
The government of mexico requested that schools in 11 states be temporarily closed on 8 days in order to verify the security of school buildings. The associated press reported that electricity outages caused by the earthquake affected the lives of at least 1. 8 million people and hundreds of buildings collapsed or collapsed。
According to the ministry of the interior of mexico, in the state of chiapas 1,700 homes and 428 homes were damaged。
Most of mexico has a sense of shock. In mexico city, which is about 800 kilometres north of the earthquake, late at night alerts were sounded, buildings were shaken and people woke up in their sleeps, and some people ran out of their homes in their pajamas and took refuge in the streets upstairs. At the time of the earthquake, 28-year-old taxi driver christy rodríguez was driving inside mexico city. He said, "i'm driving, the ground is shaking, and the car is shaking."
Figure: mexico has experienced the strongest earthquake in a hundred years. Network chart
At the time of the earthquake, in the state of chiapas, close to the epicentre, houses were “swirling like gum” and many buildings had collapsed, in parts of the country, with strong shaking for more than a minute, and roof lamps had been shaken。
Early in the morning, the governor of oaxaca, alejandro murat, said that at least 23 people were currently killed in the earthquake in the region, with the highest number of people killed in the city of huchitan, in the south-east of the state. As a result, the number of deaths caused by the earthquake increased to 32 throughout mexico。
Figure: mexico has experienced the strongest earthquake in a hundred years. Network chart
Following the earthquake, the pacific tsunami warning centre, based in hawaii, united states, issued a tsunami warning from central mexico to the coastal areas south to ecuador, with a potential tsunami of 3 metres high. However, the tsunami warning was lifted hours later. Officials of the pacific tsunami warning centre stated that the earthquake had only triggered waves, but not tsunamis。
Mexico is a country prone to earthquakes. In 1985, an earthquake of 8. 1 magnitude killed more than 10,000 people in mexico, one of the worst casualties in the country. Since then, mexico has been implementing stricter building antishock standards。
Now, mexico is stepping up after the earthquakeRescueAt work, president peña sits at the headquarters of the national disaster preparedness centre, and the government has responded with troops, marines and federal police. According to peña, after the earthquake, more than a million households in mexico had lost electricity, most of which had been restored. In some areas, water supply was strained after the earthquake, and a full resumption of supply could take between 36 and 48 hours. At the same time, he called on the population to remain vigilant and to check the supply of gas and the safety of buildings。
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