Mexico information 7.5 magnitude earthquake on identical day and month for third time

No information on damage or casualties yet.

One magnitude 7.5 earthquake was recorded off the coast of mexico pacific, According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). A tsunami warning was even issued for the capital, Mexico City, but withdrawn shortly thereafter. There is still no information on damage or casualties.

According to information released by the USGS, the epicenter was recorded 37 kilometers southeast of the city of Aquila, in the Mexican state of Michoacán.

Alarms for the new quake were triggered less than 1 hour after alarms from a quake simulation sounded across the country to mark the anniversary of two major earthquakes that occurred on the same date in 1985 and 2017.

On Twitter, the Seismological Service reported that the earthquake’s epicenter was located 59 km south of Coalcoman, in the state of Michoacán, on the Pacific coast.

According to the National Seismological Service, the earthquake was of magnitude 6.8.

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