LIVE | Magnitude 6.2 earthquake shakes eastern Mexico and activates the seismic alert in CDMX

An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 with an epicenter in the eastern state of Veracruz shook the east and center of Veracruz on Thursday. Mexicobeing perceived very slightly in the capital, according to the National Seismological Service (SSN).

“Preliminary: magnitude 6.2 earthquake located 2 kilometers southeast of Isla, in Veracruz”reported this body.

The earthquake occurred at 08:40 local time (14:40 GMT) and activated the seismic alert for the capital and much of the country, prompting thousands of people to temporarily evacuate buildings.

At the moment no material damage is reported.

“There is an earthquake. Waiting for more information from the national seismological. Emergency protocols are activated. So far no damage. We keep reporting”reported on Twitter the head of the Government of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum.

The seismic alert forced the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, to temporarily cancel his daily conference at the National Palace.

“Fortunately, no serious damage from the earthquake is being reported at the moment”said the president when resuming the press conference.

One of the most recent earthquakes was that of last September 7, which was of magnitude 7.1 and with an epicenter very close to the Acapulco resort, in Guerrero, where it caused material damage.

While in mid-2020, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, an earthquake of magnitude 7.4 left a dozen dead and twenty injured in the southern state of Oaxaca.

In 2017, 471 people died in Mexico due to three earthquakes, on September 7, 19 and 23, in the greatest natural tragedy in Mexico since the 1985 earthquake, which left thousands dead in the country’s capital.

The earthquake of magnitude 8.2 with epicenter in Chiapas on September 7 left 98 fatalities; 78 of them in Oaxaca, 16 in Chiapas and four in Tabasco.

The one on September 19, of magnitude 7.1 and with an epicenter between Puebla and Morelos (center), left 369 dead, 228 of them in Mexico City.

Four other people lost their lives on September 23, when a 6.1 earthquake in southern Mexico triggered the seismic alert in the capital.

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