BIGGEST IN CENTURY Deadly 8.1 quake rocks Mexico, triggers tsunamis

[techbeck]

At least five people died in a historically massive earthquake that struck the southern coast of Mexico early Friday, toppling hotels and houses and prompting tsunami waves and power outages.

 

The United States Geological Survey said that a magnitude 8.1 quake hit about 73 miles off Tres Picos, Mexico, along Mexico's southern coast.

 

Its epicenter was 102 miles west of Tapachula in southern Chiapas state and had a depth of about 21 miles. The quake was so powerful, it sent people fleeing from buildings 650 miles away in Mexico City.

 

President Enrique Pena Nieto said the earthquake is the biggest the country has seen in a century. He said that 62 aftershocks followed the quake and it's possible one as strong as 7.2 could hit in the next 24 hours. 

 

Chiapas' Gov. Manuel Velasco told Milenio TV that at least three people have been killed in the region. He said the quake damaged hospitals and schools. Two children also died in Tabasco state.

 

One of them was killed when a wall collapsed, and the other was a baby who died in a children's hospital that lost electricity, cutting off the infant's ventilator.

 

More...

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/09/08/powerful-earthquake-hits-mexicos-coast-tsunami-waves-reported.html

 

Record hurricanes, rainfall, and now an earthquake.  The Gods are not happy...

 

[CrashG]

Yes, Mother Nature seems to be a little upset at the moment.

[The Evil Overlord]

Yup, no bigger superpower, than mother nature

[mudslag]

https://streamable.com/x25yc

 

 

these Earthquake lights are cool too

 

 

Edited September 8, 2017 by mudslag