Just 11 days ago, on September 8th the city of Oaxaca on Mexico’s southern coast was affected by an 8.2 earthquake, which caused the death of almost 100 people, and left many buildings with structural damage.

Today, September 19, 2017, at 12:14 p.m. Costa Rica time, 1:14 p.m. Mexico time, another earthquake initially reported of a 7.1 magnitude and later confirmed as having a 7.4 magnitude shook Mexico City, and sent people fleeing into the street. The epicenter was located 12 kilometers Southeast of Axochiapan, in the central state of Puebla and Morelos and at a depth of 32 miles (51 km).

Curiously, many people in the city were participating earlier today in earthquake drills due to the anniversary of Mexico City’s devastating earthquake in 1985 that had a magnitude of 8.0 and left more than 10 thousand dead people.

Preliminarily reports include damages in several buildings, some partially or completely collapsed, gas leaks, power outages, many people with panic attacks and some people trapped in buildings.

Although this movement had a lower magnitude than the one that occurred September 8th, the fact that the epicenter was located in the City of Puebla caused it to be felt as stronger and potentially more damaging than the one in Oaxaca which is a coastal city.

Updated September 19, 6p.m. Costa Rica time:

According to Mexican authorities, the number of victims is already of over 90

Univision Shared the following image in Twitter:

 

En fotos: así se ve la Ciudad de México después del fuerte terremoto https://t.co/6LJOlL3LO0 pic.twitter.com/0LAYkvFGMl

— Univision (@Univision) September 19, 2017