Magnitude 6.2 earthquake hits southwest Mexico Blogging Sole

A 6.2 magnitude earthquake shook a region of southwest Mexico on Sunday. The US Geological Survey said. No casualties or damage were immediately reported.

The quake occurred about five miles from Coalcoman de Vazquez Pallares, a municipality of about 20,000 people located about 372 miles west of the capital Mexico City. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 53 miles.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said social media platform that the national emergency services had reported “that there were no new developments and that they were initiating examination protocols” in Coalcoman.

Mexico is based on five tectonic plates making it one of the most earthquake-vulnerable countries in the world, particularly on the Pacific coast.

In 1985, a magnitude 8.1 earthquake, centered on the Pacific coast, devastated much of central and southern Mexico, killing thousands and causing severe damage in Mexico City.

A 7.1 magnitude earthquake on September 19, 2017 killed 369 people, most of them in the capital.

Same day in 2022central Mexico was hit by another earthquake, just hours after millions of people took part in a simulated earthquake safety exercise. Impacts from the 7.6 magnitude earthquake extended as far as 1,500 miles to the north, where Four-foot-high waves began to churn inside a Death Valley cave called Devils Hole.