Truemors
is reporting from
Member
NP Rank:
NP Rank:
Earthquake Strikes Puebla, Near Mexico City
Share:
by Jordan Yerman | May 22, 2009 at 11:39 am
1586 views | 40 Recommendations | 5 comments
An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale has struck just outside Puebla, just 85 miles from Mexico City.
Videos
The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake hit 19 miles southeast of Izucar, Puebla, Mexico.
Buildings are reported to have shaken in Mexico City itself; no word of any casualties at or near the epicenter.
This is the second large earthquake to strike the region in just over a month.
Whereas the USGS places the epicenter in Puebla, initial media reports placed the occurrence in Guerrero State.
El epicentro del seísmo, de 6 grados de magnitud en la escala Richter, se ha situado en el estado de Guerrero, a unos 280 kms de México DF.
What is NowPublic?
NowPublic lets people work together to cover news events around the world.
Crowd Power
Jarrett Martineau
Vancouver, Canada
Recommendations (40)
apple_jamz
Beverly Hills, California, United States
sara star
Halifax, NS, Canada
SamirJ
Vadodara, Gujarat, India
lalith
Colombo, Western, Sri Lanka
Rhonda J Mangus
North Tonawanda, New York, United States
albertacowpoke
Canada
Paschen
Narita, Chiba, Japan
patgarcia
La Paz, Mexico
Most RecentMost Recommended Comments (5)
at 13:04 on May 22nd, 2009
The earthquake was in the Popocatepetl volcano.
Puebla and Guerrero are different States. The Popocatepetl is shared by 3 states: Puebla, Guerrero and Morelos.
Greetings.
at 13:05 on May 22nd, 2009
Thanks for the update, Manuel.
at 13:13 on May 22nd, 2009
I predict we are going to see more earthquakes, quite possibly a major one. China just had their anniversary of the quake that killed 90,000 people, and they are still trying to rebuild. How devastating when the Earth splits open like that? It reminds us how vulnerable we really are and money won't save us.
at 13:24 on May 22nd, 2009
How true
at 15:04 on May 22nd, 2009
Thank you Jordan