Two people died this Thursday in the Mexican capital and three were injured in the state of Michoacán by the 6.9-magnitude earthquake that hit the country early in the morning as an aftershock of the 7.7 earthquake on Monday, according to the president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
“Fortunately there was no major damage, of course the loss of two people here in Mexico City is regretted, a lady who fell and hit her head, died. And another person who died, according to the report of the Government of the City (of Mexico), due to a heart attack, ”he declared in his morning press conference.
The earthquake occurred at 1:16 with an epicenter 81 kilometers south of CoalcománMichoacán, where last Monday’s was also raised, according to the National Seismological Service (SSN), which had first registered a magnitude of 6.5 and then adjusted to 6.9.
The tremor was felt in western and central regions of the country, particularly Michoacán, Colima, Jalisco, Guerrero and the State of Mexico.
In Michoacán, there were three people injured by minor lacerations in Coalcomán, where the epicenter was, according to the report of the National Civil Protection Coordination (CNPC).
“In the rest of the country, (there is) minor material damage, work is already underway, carrying out a census since September 19 of affected homes in Michoacán, in Colima, of educational facilities, health, roads,” López mentioned. Workshop.
The phenomenon occurs 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 earthquakes of 1985 and 2017, which occurred on the same date and are considered the most destructive in history. recent.
Since Monday’s tremor, which left two dead and 10 injured in western MexicoThere have been almost 1,300 aftershocks, and this Thursday’s was the largest, according to CNPC.
The most affected states have been Colima, where the first two deaths were recorded, and Michoacán, where the epicenter occurred.
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“Those who were working to expand now, on the occasion of this replica, the evaluation work and have a more attached knowledge are going to stay there. to what is needed to help,” promised López Obrador.
The earthquakes in September have caused a stir in Mexico, where the tremor of September 19, 1985 left an estimated 20,000 dead and that of 2017 close to 370.
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