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Large earthquake off western Mexico coast


DoomsDave

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Looks like it's a bad day for the western hemisphere, over the past weeks.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/strongest-quake-to-hit-mexico-in-85-years-kills-at-least-34/ar-AAru74Z?li=BBnbfcL

 

JUCHITAN, Mexico, Sept 8 (Reuters) - At least 34 people were killed when the most powerful earthquake to hit Mexico in over eight decades tore through buildings, forced mass evacuations and triggered alerts as far away as Southeast Asia.

The 8.1 magnitude quake off the southern coast late on Thursday was stronger than a devastating 1985 temblor that flattened swathes of Mexico City and killed thousands.

This time, damage to the city was limited, as the quake was deeper and further from the capital, but still shocking.

"It almost knocked me over," said Gildardo Arenas Rios, a 64-year-old security guard in Mexico City's Juarez neighborhood, who was making his rounds when buildings began moving.

The southern town of Juchitan in Oaxaca state, near the epicenter, was hit particularly hard, with sections of the town hall, a hotel, a bar and other buildings reduced to rubble.

It happened in the middle of the night, freaked out everyone.

Apparently it took place off the coast of Chiapas, near the Guatamalan border.

Slide 11 of 12: Guests of a hotel remain outside in downtown Mexico City during an earthquake on September 7, 2017. An earthquake of magnitude 8.0 struck southern Mexico late Thursday and was felt as far away as Mexico City, the US Geological Survey said, issuing a tsunami warning. It hit offshore 120 kilometers (75 miles) southwest of the town of Tres Picos in the state of Chiapas.

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