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PHIVOLCS: No tsunami threat to Philippines after strong Mexico quake

(Eagle News) — There’s no tsunami threat to the Philippines. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology issued the advisory after a strong earthquake struck Mexico on September 22. “No destructive tsunami threat exists based on available data,” PHIVOLCS said. According to Agence France Presse, Mexico’s seismological agency reported the 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck near the Pacific coast, 84 kilometers south of Coalcoman in Michoacan. “So far, there is no damage in the city after the […]

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Mexico says last body found in rubble after quake

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — Emergency workers pulled the last victim’s body Wednesday from the rubble of Mexico’s September 19 earthquake, officials said, as the country turned to rebuilding after a disaster that claimed more than 360 lives. After 15 days of searching, workers found the final victim’s body beneath the mountain of rubble left by the collapse of a seven-story office building in Mexico City’s hard-hit Roma district, tweeted the interior ministry official overseeing […]

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New quake sows panic in Mexico City

MEXICO CiTY, Mexico (AFP) — A strong 6.2-magnitude quake shook Mexico on Saturday, causing panic in traumatized Mexico City, where rescuers trying to free people trapped from this week’s earlier earthquake had to suspend work. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties from the new quake, which was smaller and with its epicenter farther to the south than Tuesday’s devastating 7.1-magnitude earthquake that killed nearly 300 people. However it sparked concern that it […]

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Foreigners killed in Mexico quake from Taiwan, Korea, Spain

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — The bodies of eight foreigners have been recovered from the rubble of the quake that struck Mexico City, officials said Friday. The remains were those of four Taiwanese women, a Korean man, a Spanish man, a Panamanian woman and an Argentine man, Mexico’s high court said in a statement citing information from the forensic institute.  

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7.1-magnitude quake shakes Mexico; rattles citizens and tourists

A powerful 7.1 earthquake hit Central Mexico on Tuesday, shaking buildings in the capital of Mexico, Mexico City. Vendors and shoppers huddled together inside a local mall Pabellón Cuauhtémoc as the terrfiying tremor lingered. Local police led residents to the Jardín Ramon López Velarde park to keep them away from Centro Medico Nacional Siglo XXI after reports of a gas leak. This, after an 8.4 quake hit the southern coast of Mexico earlier this month […]

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