A second major earthquake has struck Mexico just days after the first killed two and caused major damage in the capital. The latest on Thursday hit Michoacan, a region on the coast of Mexico, with tremors of 6.8.
According to The United States Geological Survey (USGS), the quake hit at 6.16am and witnesses said buildings in Mexico City, roughly 370km from Michoacan, shook as the earthquake alarm was sounding. People on Twitter also reported feeling the effects in Guadalajara, roughly 260km from Michoacan.
As reported by the Express, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) warned that there may be aftershocks over the next few days, and advised locals to stay away from damaged buildings. It has not issued a tsunami warning.
The latest earthquake comes just days after another killed two people and damaged hundreds of buildings in Western Mexico. On Monday, the anniversary of deadly earthquakes in 1985 and 2017, the magnitude 7.6 earthquake hit.
Two people died in the Pacific port of Manzanillo. Laura Velazquez, head of Mexico's civil protection agency, said the two deaths were due to the partial collapse of buildings.
One of the victims was crushed by the front of a department store in Manzanillo and the other was found dead inside a shopping centre in the same port city in the state of Colima. Ten other people were reportedly injured - including one in neighbouring Michoacan.
Seismologists have made clear that the earthquakes happening at the same time of year is not the result of any "physical reason or statistical bias". US Geological Survey seismologist Paul Earle told the AP that “this is a coincidence”.
