A powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Mexico early Thursday, killing at least two people, damaging buildings and causing landslides. The quake struck at 1:19 a.m. near the epicenter of the 7.6-magnitude quake that struck three days earlier in the western state of Michoacan. He was also charged in two deaths. The US Geological Survey said Thursday’s quake was centered 31 miles (50 kilometers) south-southwest of Aguililla, Michoacan, at a depth of 15 miles (24.1 kilometers). The Michoacan state government said the quake was felt across the state. It reported damage to a building in Uruapan town and some landslides on highways. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said on Twitter that it was an aftershock from Monday’s quake, which was also felt in the states of Colima, Jalisco and Guerrero. Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said via Twitter that two people died — a woman who fell down the stairs of her home and a man who suffered a heart attack. Residents crowded the streets as earthquake alarms sounded. The earthquake shook an already troubled country. Monday’s strongest earthquake was the third major earthquake to occur on September 19 — in 1985, 2017 and now 2022. The 2017 and September 19, 2022 earthquakes came very shortly after the annual earthquake drill held every September 19 to commemorate the devastating 1985 Earthquake that killed around 9,500 people.
