A magnitude 7.6 earthquake shook Mexico’s central Pacific coast on Monday, setting off an earthquake alarm in the capital. There were no immediate reports of damage from the quake that hit at 1:05 p.m. local time, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, which had initially put the magnitude at 7.5.
It said the quake was centered 23 miles southeast of Aquila near the boundary of Colima and Michoacan states and at a depth of 9.4 miles.
Michoacan’s Public Security department said there were no immediate reports of significant damage in that state beyond some cracks in buildings in the town of Coalcoman.
Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum also tweeted that there were no reports of damage in the capital.
“It felt terrible,” Karina Suarez, 37, said after evacuating the building where she lives in the capital, according to AFP.
Alarms for the quake came less than an hour after quake alarms warbled in a nationwide earthquake simulation marking major quakes that struck on the same date in 1985 and 2017.
In the 1985 quake, more than 10,000 people were killed and hundreds of buildings were destroyed.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
