A 7.5-magnitude earthquake hits Oaxaca state in Mexico on Tuesday
Local reports on Twitter suggest strong shaking. There was earlier shaking today at a magnitude 4.9 but that appears it was just a tremor setting up for this earthquake.
????El #sismo magnitud 7.1 con epicentro en Crucecita Huatulco, #Oaxaca. Ocasionó daños en el Centro Histórico de la Capital. pic.twitter.com/iD70elgxP1
— Diario El Fortín ???? (@diarioelfortin) June 23, 2020
An earthquake of 8.0 in Mexico 1985 killed at least 5000 people, it was located 350 km away.
The epicentre of this one appears to be closer to Oaxaca’s pacific coast, centred near Asunción Tlacolulita.
The USGS early estimate is magnitude 7.7 (then updated to 7.4)
#AlMomento #ElDato
Alerta de tsunami en el pacífico. Mar retrocede hasta 15 metros en costas de Huatulco, Oaxaca.
La Administración Nacional Oceánica y Atmosférica de Estados Unidos NOAA emitió alerta de tsunami para México, Guatemala, El Salvador y Honduras tras el fuerte sismo pic.twitter.com/cTYM84AB40— El Dato Noticias Morelos (@eldatomx) June 23, 2020
Oaxaca is sparsely populated and early reports don’t show any significant damage.
https://twitter.com/NacionalSismo/status/1275470264449417216
Mexico City’s public security ministry says a flyover showed there were no fallen buildings in the city but there is a tsunami warning for 1-3 meter waves along the pacific coast stretching along Mexico and Central America.
