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Major Quake: Mexico City
AP ^
| 19 SEP 17
| staff
Posted on 09/19/2017 11:33:02 AM PDT by DCBryan1
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- A powerful earthquake jolted Mexico City on Tuesday, causing buildings to sway sickeningly on the anniversary of a 1985 quake that did major damage to the capital. The extent of damage or injuries was not immediately clear, but people fled office buildings along the central Reforma Avenue. Mexico's seismological agency calculated its preliminary magnitude at 6.8 and said its center was east of the city in the state of Puebla. Pictures fell from walls and objects were shaken off of flat surfaces. Some people dove for cover under desks. Earlier in the day buildings across the city held preparation drills on the anniversary of the 1985 quake.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Mexico; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 68quake; 74quake; aftershocks; earthquake; mexico; mexicocity; quake; ricterscale; usgs
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Breaking now.
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posted on
09/19/2017 11:33:02 AM PDT
by
DCBryan1
To: DCBryan1
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posted on
09/19/2017 11:33:40 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: DCBryan1
3.6 Earthquake in the LA area last night as well.
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posted on
09/19/2017 11:34:00 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: DCBryan1
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posted on
09/19/2017 11:34:09 AM PDT
by
stars & stripes forever
(Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
09/19/2017 11:34:43 AM PDT
by
stars & stripes forever
(Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
To: DCBryan1
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posted on
09/19/2017 11:35:21 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Did Barack Obama denounce Communism and dictatorships when he visited Cuba as a puppet of the State?)
To: DCBryan1
That’s a huge city to experience an earthquake.
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posted on
09/19/2017 11:36:04 AM PDT
by
fwdude
(Democrats have not been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.)
To: dfwgator
felt that one last night quick 1 second jolt
To: BenLurkin
51 +/- 5.6 KM depth. This quake occurred in the Central Valley of Mexico. The devastating 1985 quake was in the subduction zone off Mexico’s coast.
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posted on
09/19/2017 11:36:48 AM PDT
by
C19fan
To: dfwgator
Barely felt it.
Thanks for the mention.
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posted on
09/19/2017 11:36:54 AM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(DACA: Their dream, our nightmare... will the rule of law prevail or not?)
To: DCBryan1
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posted on
09/19/2017 11:38:28 AM PDT
by
glasseye
("24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not." ~ H. L. Mencken)
To: a fool in paradise
Of course not-that city is built on a swamp/old lake bed and on top of a major fault line-it has always been an earthquake magnet, like parts of Cali are...
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posted on
09/19/2017 11:38:31 AM PDT
by
Texan5
(`"You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
To: DCBryan1
Didn’t they have a huge one off the coast not too long ago?
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posted on
09/19/2017 11:38:45 AM PDT
by
robroys woman
(So you're not confused, I'm male.)
To: DoughtyOne
I figure in LA a 3.6 won’t get too much attention.
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posted on
09/19/2017 11:38:49 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: DoughtyOne
Buildings will fall. We will discover the nonexistence of rebar. Contractors paying off inspectors.
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posted on
09/19/2017 11:39:13 AM PDT
by
DIRTYSECRET
(urope. Why do they put up with this.)
To: DCBryan1
Global Warming strikes again.
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posted on
09/19/2017 11:39:19 AM PDT
by
cyclotic
(Trump tweets are the only news source you can trust.)
To: DCBryan1
Let’s send them “11 mllion” workers to help restore damage.
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posted on
09/19/2017 11:39:28 AM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
(I was not elected to continue a failed system. I was elected to change it. --Donald J. Trump)
To: DCBryan1
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posted on
09/19/2017 11:40:02 AM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(Reset Underway!)
To: a fool in paradise
[Global warming?]
That’s what I figure.
And hurricanes caused by President Trump pulling out of the Paris Accords.
(Yes, there are idiot liberals on Yahoo who actually believe that is true). Sorry, “idiot liberals” is redundant.
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posted on
09/19/2017 11:40:20 AM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: DCBryan1
Quick somebody sacrifice a virgin!
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posted on
09/19/2017 11:40:23 AM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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