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EARTHQUAKE IN

SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO
INTRODUCTION:

In this opportunity we will talk about


the earthquake in mexico, it was held
on September 19 of this year, at
1:14pm the earthquake caused great
natural disasters in this city.
DATE: september 19, 2017.

PLACE: southeastern of mexico


EVENT: EARTHQUAKE 7.1
 The epicenter was located in the Gulf
of Tehuantepec
 there were 36 replicates with
magnitude of 5.0 or higher on the
Richter scale.

 affected places: the states of


Chiapas, Tabasco and Oaxaca,
Juchitán de Zaragoza
In the stands of the Azteca Stadium, a huge
crack opened during the earthquake, there are
more than 300 houses on the verge of
collapsing and more than 30 buildings
collapsed between them a school that left 30
dead
According to the Ministry of the Interior of Mexico, hundreds of
communities were affected by the earthquake. In Oaxaca, 78
earthquake-related deaths were reported; in Chiapas, 18 died,
and in Tabasco, only 4 victims, to make a total of 100 deaths,
as recorded until September 15.

 Up to 22:00 local time on September 14, 2057 replicates


were recorded. The largest one was 6.1. This earthquake has
been the strongest worldwide since the earthquake in Chile in
2015, which had a magnitude of 8.3. The president of
Mexico declared that it was the largest earthquake in 100
years in the country.

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