Friday 8 September 2017
15 persons reported dead when 8.1 magnitude quake hit parts of Mexico.
It's seem this is the time for natural disater. First it was hurricane Harvey and then to Irma which is still ongoing and it's expected to make landfall in parts of America and just now an 8.1 magnitude quake has hit parts of Mexico city where about 15 person were reported dead
Metro UK is reporting that an earthquake in Mexico has killed at least five people and sparked a tsunami
The death toll from the powerful earthquake that rocked Mexico has risen to 15, including two children and sparking a tsunami.
The governor of Tabasco state Arturo Nunez said that one child died when a wall collapsed, and a baby died in a children’s hospital that lost electricity, cutting off the supply to the infant’s ventilator.
It was the most powerful earthquake to hit the country in 32 years and sparked widespread panic.
It was so strong that it could be felt significantly in Mexico City, 650 miles away from the epicentre and caused a 2.3ft tsunami. In Salina Cruz another tsunami wave measuring 3.3ft was recorded.
Authorities in Mexico say that a hotel in Oaxaca has collapsed in the major earthquake that hit the country, but no one has been reported dead.
Civil Defense photos showed the crumbling facade of the Anel hotel in Matias Romero and split in half. President Enrique Pena Nieto said no one was reported dead at the hotel.
Pictures of the incident.
Metro U.K.
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