LINKS TO AVAILABLE INFORMATION. Rescuers work in the rubble after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck on September 19, 2017 in Mexico City, Mexico. ... First came the 8.1-magnitude earthquake that struck offshore of Chiapas, Mexico, killing dozens and turning many buildings in … • On 19 September 2017, at 13:14 hours, an earthquake of 7.1 magnitude on the Richter scale struck Central Mexico, with its epicenter in Axiochapan, Morelos. An estimated 7 million children live in these 5 states. ... mostly in the southern states of Oaxaca and Chiapas… Here's what we know about Mexico's earthquake Updated September 09, 2017 10:28:51 Photo: Men work near a damaged wall and a vehicle after an earthquake in Mexico City, Mexico September 8, 2017. The effects of the earthquake in Mexico, September 2017 September 23, 2017 Earthquakes 0 3142 As a result of the earthquake in Mexico, dozens of buildings destroyed, many destructions occurred in the capital and other regions of the country. By Andrea Thompson 22 September 2017. The main affected states were Oaxaca, Chiapas, Mexico City, Puebla and Morelos. ... 10 September 2017. The earthquake, which had a magnitude of 8.2 and struck shortly before midnight on Thursday, was felt by tens of millions of people in Mexico and in … Mexico regularly experiences tremors but this was the country’s most powerful seismic event since at least 1985, when a devastating 8.0 earthquake killed around 5,000 people in Mexico City. Focal mechanism solutions for the earthquake indicate slip occurred on either a fault dipping very shallowly towards the southwest, or on steeply dipping fault striking NW-SE. • … ... Oaxaca and Chiapas. The September 8th, 2017, M 8.2 earthquake offshore Chiapas, Mexico, occurred as the result of normal faulting at an intermediate depth. Fri 8 Sep 2017 21.28 EDT First ... video The strongest earthquake to hit Mexico in a century has ... for the day in Mexico City, the state of Mexico, Chiapas… On 7 and 19 September, 2017 Mexico was struck by two earthquakes of 8.2 and 7.1 magnitude on the Richter scale, respectively. The earthquake is the most powerful to hit Mexico in a century, President Enrique Peña Nieto said. A deadly magnitude-8.2 earthquake struck the southern coast of Mexico on 7 September, killing dozens of people and injuring at least 200. USGS Event Page; USGS PAGER Report PRELIMINARY REPORTS. The government is making direct electronic transfers to victims of a magnitude 8.1 earthquake and aftershocks in Chiapas and Oaxaca to the tune of … Tsunami Impacts from the M8.1 Chiapas, Mexico Earthquake on Sept. 7, 2017 compiled by Rick Wilson, Marisa-Teresa Ramirez-Herrera, Lori Dengler, Kevin Miller, and Yvette LaDuke .