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Affectations in CDMX range from gas leaks and blackouts; the magnitude of the earthquake was 7.4.
The greatest damages were in Colima, while Michoacán and Mexico City also suffered the impact.
Update: The President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador confirmed the death of a man in Manzanillo, after the collapse of structures.
Today there was an earthquake with an epicenter in Michoacán with a magnitude of 7.4, in Mexico City and in Michoacán various damages were recorded, ranging from blackouts to gas leaks.
Although initially it had been reported that the intensity had been 6.8, shortly after the National Seismological indicated that it was an earthquake with even greater intensity.
For now, it was reported that the balance had been white until the president confirmed the death of a man in Manzanillo due to the collapse of structures. The damage has been minor in Mexico City, while elements of the National Guard are in Michoacán making a tour with the intention of registering the damage.
EARTHQUAKE Magnitude 7.4 Loc 63 km SOUTH of COALCOMAN, MICH 09/19/22 13:05:09 Lat 18.22 Lon -103.29 Pf 15 km pic.twitter.com/qc3bYLi9LP
– National Seismological (@SismologicoMX) September 19, 2022
Between blackouts and gas leaks; minor earthquake damage
UPDATE: One person died in Manzanillo after a Coppel fence fell:
🚨#LAST MINUTE | They report that a person died after the fall of the fence of a Coppel store in Manzanillo, Colima#earthquake #Earthquake pic.twitter.com/0AhgNDwUg5
— Noise on the Net (@RuidoEnLaRed) September 19, 2022
Transformer explosion in Mexico City:
This is how we feel here #earthquake in Aragon, north of CDMX#Shaking a transformer is heard bursting at 0:21#WeHaveEarthquake #september pic.twitter.com/2257omHUaT
– Poncho Lozano #AmoMéxico (@AlfonsoLozanoO) September 19, 2022
Oscillations in the metro lines (Pantitlán metro and Polanco metro):
Thus the panorama in some subway stations in Mexico City due to the Magnitude 7.4 EARTHQUAKE with epicenter in Coalcoman, Michoacán.
📹: Social Networks#Mexico #CDMX #News #earthquake #City #earthquake #Shaking pic.twitter.com/Eq4vXzq6zA
— Pixel Journalism (@pixelperiodismo) September 19, 2022
Hahahaha after #NationalSimulation2022 It’s a classic that trembles right? #Shaking
Polanco Subway… pic.twitter.com/nCy95CTr2R
— DM (@MeDicenBuho) September 19, 2022
Gas leak in the Tlalpan City Hall:
Gas leaks in Tlalpan due to the earthquake a few moments ago..#NationalSimulation2022 #Shaking pic.twitter.com/lEqI9ipTtU
– Alleged Twitterer: NEWS 🌎 (@TwiteroMen) September 19, 2022
Road chaos in CDMX:
🔴 #NoMames 😮 It’s not a drill
🔸 The prophecy of the earthquake of September 19 was fulfilled
🌐 Magnitude 7.5
🔻 Terror in Polanco#NoMames #NoMames #NoMames pic.twitter.com/wA4YCTkpVA— Ⓜ️ (@twitaz0) September 19, 2022
Images in Michoacan:
#19S This was the moment when the #earthquake of 7.4 degrees in Michoacán | Video: Special pic.twitter.com/3LZVdSjZgP
— Process (@process) September 19, 2022
Hospital in Michoacán Comprehensive Community of Maruata in Michoacán:
YES THERE IS DAMAGE IN MICHOACAN
👉The Regional Hospital of #Maruata presents serious scores after the earthquake of magnitude of 7.4 with epicenter in Coalcomán, Michoacán.
👉The ISSSTE of #Apatzingan also had cracks.
Photos: 📸The Voice of Michoacán pic.twitter.com/Ar8cnd0S4F– The Voice of Michoacán (@vozmichoacan) September 19, 2022
Gym collapses in Manzanillo:
Video of a collapsed gym in Manzanillo, Colima. #earthquake #Shaking pic.twitter.com/GBleUUO669
– Mau Sevilla (@Maurysev) September 19, 2022
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