Mexico hit with most powerful earthquake in a century
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Between Harvey and Irma and this, it’s starting to feel like a disaster movie: The most powerful earthquake to hit Mexico in 100 years struck off the nation’s Pacific Coast late Thursday, rattling millions of residents in Mexico City with its violentMexico hit with most powerful earthquake in a century
Between Harvey and Irma and this, it’s starting to feel like a disaster movie: The most powerful earthquake to hit Mexico in 100 years struck off the nation’s Pacific Coast late Thursday, rattling millions of residents in Mexico City with its violent tremors, claiming at least five lives and leveling some areas in the southern part of the country closest to where the quake occurred. About 50 million people across the country felt the earthquake, which had a magnitude of 8.2, according to the Mexican government. The force sent residents of the megacity fleeing into the streets at midnight, shaken by the alarms blaring over loudspeakers and a full minute of tremors. Windows broke, walls collapsed, and the city seemed to convulse in terrifying waves; the quake even rocked the city’s landmark Angel of Independence monument. The quake was followed by a tsunami warning, but luckily Mexico was spared that additional form of destruction. Read more