:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/XU2C5FZOGNCORBHJMZRQMG3YUY.jpg "Earthquake in Mexico: earthquake in Loma Bonita, Oaxaca")
The city of Loma Bonita experienced an earthquake that reaches a magnitude of 4.0 and had a depth of 92.2 kilometers.
Huixtla, Chiapas, records a 4.1 magnitude earthquake
Information from the National Seismology Service indicates that an average of 40 earthquakes are recorded per day in the country
According to preliminary information from the National Seismological Service (SSN), the earthquake occurred today at 0:11 local time (6:11 UTC), with an epicenter 54 km south of the city in the state of Oaxaca. .
In the event of significant seismic activity, the The National Center for Disaster Reduction (Cenapred) recommends not to fall into the trap of rumors or fake news and to get information only from official sourcessuch as civil protection authorities, both local and state, as well as federal.
Mexico earthquake: 4.0 magnitude earthquake in Tonalá, Chiapas
Information from the National Seismological Service indicates that an average of 40 tremors are recorded in the country per day
after an earthquake, check your home in search possible damage, only use your phone in an emergency, do not light matches or candles until you make sure there are no gas leaks and remember that there may be aftershocks of the earthquakeit is therefore important to be vigilant.
You can also take the following actions before an earthquake: prepares a civil security plan, participates in evacuation drills, identifies security zones home, school or workplace and set up a emergency backpack.
Mexico stands out as one of the countries with the greatest seismic activity. In popular memory, the events of 1985 and 2017 are mostly remembered, movements that wreaked havoc on their territory. Although they are the best known, they were not the greatest since modern times.
Seismological records of a magnitude 4.2 earthquake in Miahuatlán
Due to its geographical location, Mexico is continuously exposed to this type of seismic event.
He strongest earthquake ever recorded In the history of what is now Mexico, the March 28, 1787, at the time of the Spanish colony. Its epicenter was in Oaxaca and had a magnitude of 8.6. This not only caused the earth to vibrate unbelievably, but even caused a tsunami that reached 6 kilometers inland.
According to data from the Center for Instrumentation and Seismic Recording (Cires), carried out in 2009 on the cited earthquake, there is a possibility of repetition of events above said magnitude. It is estimated that they could occur in the years to come. Its epicenter is calculated on the coasts of Mexico and Central America, since these are located in the so-called Guerrero Gap. This area is characterized by the accumulation of a large amount of geological energy.
However, such a magnitude is not necessary to wreak havoc. Mexicans have memories of minor earthquakes, which occurred in 1985 and 2017. On such occasions, the capital and entire states were paralyzed by the unprecedented consequences of such telluric movements.
As for the one in 1985, it happened on September 19 of that year at 7:19 a.m. local time (1:19 p.m. UTC), with its epicenter in the state of Guerrero and a magnitude of 8.2. Since then, it was believed that nothing like this would happen again, but coincidentally it happened again exactly 32 years later.
In 2017, it happened at 1:14 p.m. local time (6:30 p.m. UTC), with its epicenter in an area between the states of Puebla and Morelos. Then the death toll reached 369.