Powerful Earthquake Rocks Mexico City and Surrounding Areas

This from Jim Stone. http://82.221.129.208

Jim Stone lives there so I say, "nothing like having a local reporting on this"! Stone's web page took a while to connect so expect delays. Slow connection is probably earthquake related as Stone states in the article below.

Jim Stone wrote:

There was a large earthquake in Mexico today (Sep 19)

Details are still coming in. The recent one in Chiapas damaged 1,600 schools and numerous homes. There were very few collapses for an 8+ and an extremely low death toll due to reasonable, (and affordable) building requirements. In Mexico, it is all brick and concrete with the rule being that reinforcements must be placed at regular intervals. They sell the reinforcements at Home Depot, and even at the high prices Home Depot has relative to elsewhere, the steel reinforcement columns (welded in a box shape) that is usually 15 centimeters across and 10 meters long costs less than $10, and most houses don't need more than 10 of those. They really reduce collapses, as the recent earthquake in Chiapas shows, but they can't stop cracking which still happened everywhere.

I don't expect a lot of deaths from the latest earthquake, which ranged anywhere between 7.1 and 7.5, but there will be a lot of stucco work to do. For reference on how well Mexico is built, the recent earthquake in Chiapas killed 83 people, and was an 8.1. The San Francisco earthquake of 1989 (loma Prita earthquake) was a 7.1 and killed 57 people. Both happened near heavily populated areas. Unlike what trolls say, Mexico's construction is not bad, unlike Haiti where a 7.1 killed 230,000 in 2010(according to Haitian government stats). Mexico is built like a first world country. So I don't expect today's quake to have done much.

The reports say this happened 71 miles outside of Mexico City, which means it was still in the city because everything reaches out that far. I felt nothing where I am, and was only wondering why the internet quit working (obviously now that I am back online it went out due to being overwhelmed by families trying to contact each other)

Important to note: This quake happened on the anniversary of the 1985 Mexico City quake that was very bad. So there is little doubt that Mexicans, who are already questioning how an earthquake happened during Irma, will seriously question this earthquake happening on the anniversary date of the prior huge Mexico city quake. Mexicans are well aware of man made disasters, so this will be something to pay attention to.

are we going to see earthquakes every 70 miles??? 777 is a third coming @ 70 miles?


http://www.blacklistednews.com/Buildings_Collapse%2C_Thousands_Take_To_The_Street_After_Powerful_Quake_Shakes_Mexico_City/60885/0/38/38/Y/M.html


[size=35]BUILDINGS COLLAPSE, THOUSANDS TAKE TO THE STREET AFTER POWERFUL QUAKE SHAKES MEXICO CITY[/size]
Published: September 19, 2017

SOURCE: ZERO HEDGE

On the anniversary of a massive 1985 earthquake that killed at least 5,000 people, Mexico City has been shaken by another powerful earthquake, the second the shake the city in the past two weeks. The 7.4 magnitude quake shook buildings in the capital city, sending thousands rushing into the streets, according to Reuters.
The earthquake damaged hundreds of buildings in the city, according to initial reports. Ironically, the quake hit only hours after many people participated in earthquake drills around the nation - drills specifically timed to mark the anniversary of the 1985 earthquake.

The epicenter of the quake was 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Atencingo in the central state of Puebla at a depth of 32 miles (51 km), Reuters reported, citing the US Geological Survey.
A powerful 8.1 quake hit Mexico earlier this month, killing at least 98 people.
Accordin to the Associated Press, much of Mexico City is built on former lakebed, and the soft soil can amplify earthquakes even hundreds of miles away.
 

The Mayor of Mexico City announced on Twitter that he had activated an earthquake-related emergency committee to organize and supervise the city's response to the quake.

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[ltr]Se activa el Comité de Emergencias de la CDMX, el Gabinete se reúne en @c5_cdmx #mm[/ltr]




11:19 AM - Sep 19, 2017

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto announced that he is returning to Mexico City immediately, and would convene an emergency council to supervise the federal government's role in the disaster response. He is presently on a flight headed for Oaxaca.

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[ltr]En vuelo a Oaxaca. Regreso de inmediato a la Ciudad de México para atender la situación por sismo.[/ltr]




11:40 AM - Sep 19, 2017

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At least one flight from Dallas to Mexico City was being diverted to Monterrey as the Mexico City airport ceased operations to conduct a thorough review...

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[ltr]Mexico City airport (MEX) is currently closed due to an earthquake! Flights are holding/diverting pic.twitter.com/f1i69zm0l8[/ltr]

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[ltr]Flight #AM2689 from Dallas (DFW) to Mexico City is diverting to Monterreyhttp://fr24.com/SLI2689/eeb6597 pic.twitter.com/2vgjY117Jd[/ltr]




12:07 PM - Sep 19, 2017

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The breaking news headlines are still rolling in...
*MEXICO CITY QUAKE DAMAGED HUNDREDS OF BUILDINGS
*MEXICO CITY AIRPORT SUSPENDS OPS UNTIL INFRA REVIEW IS DONE
*MEXICO CITY AIRPORT SAYS IT'S INSPECTING RUNWAYS AFTER QUAKE
*MEXICO CITY AIRPORT SAYS IT'S INSPECTING TERMINALS FOR DAMAGE
*MEXICAN BOLSA CEO: STILL DECIDING WHETHER TO RESUME OPS TODAY
*MEXICO CITY QUAKE DAMAGES DOZENS BUILDINGS IN FIN. DISTRICT
*MEXICO CITY AIRPORT SAYS IT'S INSPECTING RUNWAYS AFTER QUAKE
*MEXICO CITY POLICE CLOSE OFF STREETS IN ZONA ROSA AREA
*NO QUAKE DAMAGES REPORTED AT THE MOMENT:MEXICO CIVIL PROTECTION
*7.1 MAG. EARTHQUAKE PUEBLA MEXICO :EMSC
*7.1 MAG. EARTHQUAKE CENTRAL MEXICO :GFZ
*MEXICO CITY QUAKE CAUSES POWER OUTAGE IN FINANCIAL DISTRICT
*MEXICO CITY BUILDINGS SHAKE IN EARTHQUAKE
*MEXICO BUILDINGS ROCK IN APPARENT QUAKE
*SMOKE SEEN COMING UP FROM SOME BUILDINGS IN MEXICO CITY
*MEXICO STOCKS FALL NEAR SESSIONS LOWS AFTER QUAKE
*SOME BUILDINGS IN ROMA NEIGHBORHOOD IN MEXICO CITY COLLAPSED
Here's a map showing where the quake occurred:

Images of collapsed buildings populated twitter as residents documented the damage...
 




 
Roads around terminals at the Mexico City airport were damaged...
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12:12 PM - Sep 19, 2017

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Pictures of the damage are just starting to emerge on twitter:

Mexican stocks fell to the lows of the day after the quake, while the dollar surged against the peso.

Video showing the aftermath of a building collapse has emerged...


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[ltr]Se derrumba edificio en Alvaro Obregón, Condesa, #CDMX[/ltr]




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Here's a clip of an office building shaking...

...in another video, plumes of smoke can be seen rising from buildings.


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now 100 dead (will climb)
see pictures:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4900334/Strong-7-4-quake-hits-Mexico-anniversary-deadly-1985-tremor.html?ITO=applenews

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-09-19/mexico-city-shaken-second-major-earthquake-2-weeks

At Least 119 Dead, 60 Pulled Alive From Rubble After Powerful Earthquake Rocks Central Mexico

At least 119 people have died in a 7.1 magnitude quake that shook Central Mexico Tuesday. City officials said 44 buildings have collapsed in the Mexican capital of Mexico City, while at least 50 to 60 more have been pulled from the rubble.

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Oh my gosh!!!!!!  It's all coming together peeps! You can run screaming or you can run to the Lord, run to the Lord! Thanks Dave for the update!! Just think, you're merely days away from seeing Smokey again.   I look forward to seeing my big white Labrador retriever Butters!