An earthquake of preliminary magnitude 5.6 activated this Friday the seismic alert in western and central Mexico, in a week marked by two strong earthquakes that left a total of five deaths.
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The tremor was recorded at 1:25 p.m. local time (6:25 p.m. GMT) with an epicenter 70 kilometers southeast of Tecomán, Colima, a state in the west of the country, according to information from the National Seismological Service (SSN).
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The earthquake originated near Coalcomán, Michoacán, epicenter of the tremors last Monday and Thursday, although It is not yet detailed if this latest movement is a replica of the earthquake of September 19.
The seismic alert for Mexico City was activated in certain parts of the metropolitan area of the country’s capital, where no damage has yet been reported.
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This Friday’s phenomenon occurred after the earthquake that shook Mexico on Monday, less than an hour after the national drill that takes place every September 19 to commemorate the 1985 and 2017 earthquakes, which occurred on the same date and are considered the most destructive. of recent history.
While on Thursday a magnitude 6.9 aftershock was recorded at dawn.
Monday’s tremor left two dead in Colima, the most affected state, while Thursday’s tremor left three: two in Mexico City and a five-month-old baby in Colima.
The earthquakes in September have caused a commotion in Mexicowhere the tremor of September 19, 1985 left an estimated 20,000 dead and that of the same date in 2017 about 370.
EFE
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