A powerful earthquake struck western Mexico on Monday on the anniversary of two devastating temblors, killing at least one person, damaging buildings, knocking out power and sending residents of Mexico City scrambling outside for safety.
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said in a video address a person had died in the Pacific port of Manzanillo after a wall collapsed in a store. Authorities also reported damage to two hospitals in the western state of Michoacan near the epicenter, which was in a sparsely populated part of Mexico.
Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said there were no immediate reports of major damage in the capital after the tremors, which rumbled through Mexico on the same day as destructive quakes battered the country in 1985 and 2017. Thousands of people were killed in the Sept. 19, 1985 earthquake and more than 350 died in the Sept. 19, 2017 quake.People stand in the street after a quake, in Mexico City, Mexico, September 19, 2022. REUTERS/Henry RomeroBefore announcing the death in Manzanillo, Lopez Obrador had said there was material damage near the epicenter. Images posted on social media showed buildings badly damaged.
Power was knocked out in parts of Roma in Mexico City, some 400 km from the epicenter. The national power utility said outages hit 1.2 million users.
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