Mexico City, however, is built on a dry lake bed, and its soft soil amplifies the effects of any major tremors. The Chiapas event caused at least 78 fatalities and 250 injuries in Oaxaca, and a further 16 deaths in Chiapas. The last such quake to strike Mexico hit Oaxaca in 2018, killing 14 people. The U.S. Geological Survey put the quake's preliminary magnitude at 7.2 and said its epicenter was 33 miles northeast of Pinotepa in Oaxaca state. All four people on board the helicopter survived unharmed. At some point the stresses become too much and the rock formations slip, releasing energy as an earthquake. Nurses stay in a makeshift hospital attending patients after the 7.2 earthquake in Santiago Jamiltepec, Mexico, on Feb. 17, 2018. Tsunami Info Stmt: M7.5 in Oaxaca, Mexico 1540PST Feb 16: Tsunami NOT expected; CA,OR,WA,BC,and AK #NTWC. The earthquake occurred as a result of thrust faulting at a shallow depth. This M 8.0 earthquake resulted in at least 9,500 fatalities, injured about 30,000 people, and left 100,000 people homeless. A 7.2-magnitude earthquake rattled Mexico on Friday, causing little damage but triggering a tragedy when a minister's helicopter crash-landed on the way to the epicenter, Oaxaca, killing thirteen people, including three children, on the ground state officials said Saturday. Continúan el monitoreo en nuestras delegaciones del estado de #Oaxaca.En la capital algunas afectaciones en edificaciones y crisis nerviosas.#sismopic.twitter.com/bnvQxgeg3f. A woman embraces a boy as a powerful earthquake rocks Mexico City on February 16, 2018. Mexico City was built on an ancient lake bed, and the sediments of sand and clay amplify the seismic waves as they arrive from the epicenter. It had a depth of 15 miles. The initial 7.2-magnitude shock was followed 57 minutes later by a magnitude-5.8 aftershock. "I don't know if it the biggest victory in (Mexican) history but one of the biggest for sure. Dozens of houses there were reported to have been damaged. [8], M 8.2 earthquake off the shore of Chiapas in September 2017, M 7.1 earthquake struck closer to Mexico City, "M 7.2 - 37km NE of Pinotepa de Don Luis, Mexico", "Mexico helicopter crash kills 13 on ground in wake of earthquake", "Earthquake Strikes in Oaxaca State, Mexico, Stirring Fear", "5.9 quake hits southern Mexico, but no damage reported", "Mexico earthquake: Helicopter crashes in emergency killing 14", "13 killed in helicopter crash after Mexico earthquake", Sapphire Aviation Bell UH-1H Iroquois crash, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2018_Oaxaca_earthquake&oldid=976057379, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, 2 injured (direct) / 14 dead, 15 injured (indirect), This page was last edited on 31 August 2020, at 23:25. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click here. You need to be a subscriber to join the conversation. Mexico's National Seismological Service put the magnitude of the quake at 7.0, and seismic monitor network Sky Alert said the quake was felt across the states of Guerrero, Oaxaca and Puebla. As a result, the country experiences an average of 40 earthquakes every day, the majority of them minor.
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