The earthquake occurred minutes after the drill this afternoon, in commemoration of the earthquakes of September 19, 1985 and 2017.
The National Seismological Service reports that the movement was: Preliminary: EARTHQUAKE Magnitude 6.8 Loc. 59 km SOUTH of COALCOMAN, MICH 09/19/2022 13:05:07 Lat 18.24 Lon -103.18 Pf 10 km, Later adjusted to magnitude of 7.
On her Twitter account, the head of government reported that there was no report of damage: "So far no damage has been reported in the City. Five condors from the @SSC_CDMX continue to fly over."
The National Coordination of Civil Protection reported that, at the moment, no damages are reported in the states where it was perceived. Monitoring is maintained.
President López Obrador tweeted: "We are going to start collecting information. We sincerely hope that nothing serious has happened."
According to the bulletin of the Tsunami Warning Center, of the Secretary of the Navy, after the earthquake of magnitude 7.4, "the generation of variations in sea level is not expected due to the location of the epicenter."
The capital's Metro reported that the march of trains resumed normally after the earthquake.
In a telephone interview with Foro Tv, the Head of Government, Claudia Sheinbaum, reported that there is no damage after the earthquake. She reported that the review is being done and so far there is no report of serious damage, but that a detailed review will be done.
He said that there are power cuts in some areas of the city, but CFE will give the report on the recovery of the electric power service.
Later, President López Obrador reported on his Twitter account that "Admiral José Rafael Ojeda Durán, Secretary of the Navy, that a person died from the fall of a fence in a shopping center in Manzanillo, Colima."
At a press conference, Claudia Sheinbaum and the Emergency cabinet gave the first report on the effects of the 7.4-magnitude earthquake with its epicenter in Coacolman that occurred on Monday afternoon. Sheinbaum reported that 99.1% of the Seismic Alert horns functioned correctly.
At 14:37 a new 5.1 earthquake was recorded in Colima. According to the seismological, 57 kilometers south of Tecomán; possibly it is a replica of the first movement. ■
Predominant upper-level ridging stretching from the Southwest to the southern High Plains will allow for another day of record-breaking heat across parts of Nevada and Arizona today.