Massive Mexican 7.7 quake kills at least one person

The severe magnitude 7.7 quake that hit Mexico's western coast yesterday afternoon killed at least one person in the port city of Manzanillo, Colima, when a wall at a mall collapsed. Many buildings in the areas close to the epicenter suffered damage of varying intensity.

A tsunami warning that had been issued initially was later lifted again, because the quake did not trigger significant waves.

The epicenter of the quake was 37 kilometers (23 miles) southeast of Aquila near the boundary of Colima and Michoacan states. It had a depth of 15.1 kilometers (9.4 miles).



As a matter of pure coincidence, the quake occurred on the anniversary of the massive magnitude 8.0 quake that struck western Mexico on Sep 19, 1985, just 80 km (51 mi) away.

As U.S. Geological Survey seismologist Paul Earle was quoted, "There's no physical reason or statistical bias toward earthquakes in any given month in Mexico. ... Nor is there a season or month for big earthquakes anywhere on the globe. ... But there is a predictable thing: People seek and sometimes find coincidences that look like patterns."

Earthquake data:
Date & time: Sep 19, 2022 1:05 pm (GMT -5) local time (19 Sep 2022 18:05 GMT)
Magnitude: 7.7
Depth: 15.0 km
Epicenterlatitude / longitude: 18.22°N / 103.29°W (North Pacific Ocean, Mexico)
Primary data source: SSN
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