Colonial building crumbles in Oaxaca City after major quake hits southern Mexico

Record ID: 1558702

  • Title: Colonial building crumbles in Oaxaca City after major quake hits southern Mexico
  • Date: 23rd June 2020
  • Summary: MAGELANG, CENTRAL JAVA PROVINCE, INDONESIA (JUNE 19, 2020) (REUTERS) (MUTE) TIMELAPSE OF SUNRISE IN MOUNTAINS 57-YEAR-OLD SCHOOL TEACHER, HENRIKUS SUROTO, PUTTING PLANT INSIDE BACKPACK/SUROTO ZIPPING UP BACKPACK SUROTO ZIPPING UP HOODIE SUROTO LEAVING CLASSROOM SUROTO RIDING MOTORBIKE OUT OF SCHOOL YARD VARIOUS OF SUROTO RIDING MOTORBIKE SUROTO WALKING TOWARDS STUDENTS IN
  • Embargoed: 7th July 2020 19:38
  • Keywords: Mexico Oaxaca City colonial building damages quake
  • Location: OAXACA CITY, OAXACA, MEXICO
  • City: OAXACA CITY, OAXACA, MEXICO
  • Country: Mexico
  • Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Earthquakes/Volcanoes/Tsunami
  • Reuters ID: LVA001CJLDZYF
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Police and volunteers helped to clear debris from a collapsed colonial building in the middle of Oaxaca City on Tuesday (June 23) following a powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.4 that struck the coast of southern Mexico.
    One person died in the state of Oaxaca, Governor Alejandro Murat said, after the quake hit the Pacific coastal state mid-morning.
    The country's seismological service said a tsunami on the Oaxaca coast was ongoing, with the sea level having risen 60 centimetres (2 feet) at Huatulco beach, a popular destination for U.S. and Canadian tourists.
    Quakes of magnitudes over 7 are major earthquakes capable of widespread, heavy damage. A 7.1 magnitude earthquake that struck central Mexico in 2017 killed 355 people in the capital and the surrounding states.
    The U.S. Geological Survey said the epicentre of Tuesday's quake was located 69 km (43 miles) northeast of the town of Pochutla.
    It was very shallow, only 26 km (16 miles) below the earth's surface, which would have amplified the shaking.
    (Production: Jose Cortes, Manuel Carrillo, Liamar Ramos, Geraldine Downer)
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