Deadly Earthquake in Mexico

A Deadly and Powerful earthquake hit Mexico's southern Oaxaca region and killed 5 people.

Earthquake with 7.4 magnitude

On Tuesday, a deadly and powerful earthquake hit Mexico's southern Oaxaca region. It killed at least five people and its vibrations were felt hundreds of miles away.

 

The earthquake struck mid-morning and the people were shocked. According to the US Geological Survey the magnitude of the earthquake was 7.4 and its epicenter was off the Pacific coast about 7 miles southern west of Santa Maria.

The earthquake blocked the mountain roads and the villages were isolated.

According to the Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez 147 aftershocks had been reported.

This wasn't the first large earthquake that hit Mexico with a magnitude of 7.4 in recent years. The largest magnitude of earthquake that hit Mexico on September 2017 with a magnitude of 8.1 taking the lives of 60 people.