Major quake hits Mexico on anniversary of deadly tremors
A powerful earthquake struck western Mexico, shaking buildings hundreds of miles away in Mexico City on the anniversary of two major tremors in 1985 and 2017, seismologists said.
The national seismological agency reported the quake was of magnitude 7.4, while the United States Geological Survey estimated it at 7.6.
The epicentre was located 59 kilometers (37 miles) south of Coalcoman in the state of Michoacan on the Pacific coast and several hundred kilometers west of Mexico City, according to Mexican seismologists.
Mexico City's earthquake alarms rang out less than an hour after the capital held emergency disaster drills, sending people spilling out into the streets again.
On September 19, 1985 a 8.1 magnitude quake in Mexico City killed more than 10,000 people and destroyed hundreds of buildings.
On the anniversary of that earthquake in 2017, a 7.1 quake left around 370 people dead, mainly in the capital.
It was the third major earthquake on record to hit the Latin American country on the day of September 19.
But the eerie timing appeared to be no more than a coincidence, Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum told reporters.
Mexico City's early warning earthquake alarms rang out less than an hour after the capital held emergency drills as part of events to mark the disasters of 1985 and 2017.
