ALERT: Tsunami Warning for Pacific Coast of Mexico After Earthquake (September 8, 2017)
September 8, 2017
A tsunami “threat” was issued by the U.S. Tsunami Warning System off the coast of Chiapas, Mexico after the most powerful earthquake to hit Mexico in a 100 years was reported off the Pacific coast of Mexico, leaving at least 29 people dead. At this time, the major U.S. airlines have not issued travel waivers for this area.
The San Jose Mercury News reports:
The U.S. Tsunami Warning System said hazardous tsunami waves were possible on the Pacific coasts of several Central American countries. Waves were possible within the next three hours for Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Honduras and Ecuador, it said. There was no tsunami threat for the U.S. West Coast.
CNN reports:
At least 29 people have died after the most powerful earthquake to hit Mexico in a century struck off the country’s southern coast.
The magnitude-8.1 quake, which was felt as far as Mexico City and Guatemala City, was registered off Mexico’s southern coast just as heavy rains from Hurricane Katia lashed the east. The epicenter was in the Pacific Ocean, some 600 miles (1,000 kilometers) southeast of the capital and 74 miles (120 kilometers) from the Pacific coast.
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto said the quake was the strongest earthquake Mexico has experienced in 100 years.
It hit just before midnight on Thursday, when many people would have been sleeping.
Alejandro Murat, the governor of Oaxaca, told CNN that 23 people were killed in his state alone. Four others have died in Chiapas state and two in Tabasco.
The Travel Weekly UK reports:
The magnitude 8.2 quake struck about 62 miles south-west of the town of Pijijiapan just after midnight on Thursday local time.
The quake was reportedly felt in Mexico City, with buildings shaking and people running into the street.
Residents were told to evacuate with a tsunami alert issued for the region and neighbouring countries.
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