Ua haʻalulu kekahi ōlaʻi ikaika i ka mokuʻāina ʻo Mekiko ʻo Oaxaca, e hoʻopuehu ana i nā hale ma ke kapikala o ka ʻāina ma mua o 200 mau kilomita (124 mau mile) ka mamao.
He 7.5 ka nui o ka haalulu i ke kakahiaka Poalua, me Mexico's National Seismological Service helu i kona ikaika ma 7.1 ma mua o ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka ikaika i 7.5. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka United States Geological Survey (USGS), ma ke ʻano he ōlaʻi 7.7 magnitude. Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia kēlā ōlaʻi nui ma ke ʻano he 'nui', a hiki ke hōʻeha nui.
Ua hoʻonoho ka USGS i ke kikowaena o ke ōlaʻi ma ke kahakai hema o Oaxaca, akā ua ʻike ʻia kona hopena a hiki i uka o Mexico City. Hōʻike ʻia nā wikiō i lawe ʻia ma ke kapikala i nā hale a me nā laina uila e ʻōniʻoniʻo ana, ʻoiai ke kani nei ke kani ʻana e like me nā pahū pohihihi.
ʻAʻole i hōʻike koke ʻia kahi make.
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He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- The United States Geological Survey (USGS), meanwhile, recorded it as a 7.
- The USGS placed the quake’s epicenter along the southern coastline of Oaxaca, yet its effects were felt as far inland as Mexico City.
- Videos taken in the capital show buildings and power lines swaying, as what sounds like dull explosions ring out in the background.
