A powerful earthquake jolted Mexico City on Tuesday, causing buildings to sway sickeningly on the anniversary of a 1985 quake that did major damage to the capital.
The extent of damage or injuries was not immediately clear, but people fled office buildings along the central Reforma Avenue.
Mexico's seismological agency calculated its preliminary magnitude at 6.8 and said its center was east of the city in the state of Puebla.
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Earlier in the day buildings across the city held preparation drills on the anniversary of the 1985 quake.
[News] Mexico City Earthquake
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I just saw some video of buildings coming down. It looked like the end of the world. Awful.
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Are they going heavy into fracking in Mexico? 2nd major quake in less than a month in different regions.
Found this from 2 years ago, not sure if it could be related:
Found this from 2 years ago, not sure if it could be related:
People don’t know what ‘fracking’ is and there is little concern about the issue because it’s not visible yet,” said Gabino Vicente, a delegate of one of the municipalities in southern Mexico where exploration for unconventional gas is forging ahead.
Vicente is a local representative of the community of Santa Úrsula in the municipality of San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec, some 450 km south of Mexico City in the state of Oaxaca, where – he told IPS – “fracking is sort of a hidden issue; there’s a great lack of information about it.”
Tuxtepec, population 155,000, and another Oaxaca municipality, Loma Bonita, form part of the project Papaloapan B with seven municipalities in the neighbouring state of Veracruz. The shale gas and oil exploration project was launched by Mexico’s state oil company, Pemex, in 2011.
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Also: There are three ways to not tell the truth: lies, damned lies, and statistics.