So just talked with family
as you probably do not know, we posted two threads, between me and Malaise, there was a MAJOR earthquake in Mexico today.
Won't bore you with the details of almost non existent damage in Mexico City, but mom said it felt eternal (Per USGS it was 40 seconds). Also we have had it reported all the way from 7.0 to 7.5 depending on the news service. No USGS has not updated the map. But per multiple news services it was upgraded to 7.5, that ranges from Reuters to CNN, to El Universal and Milenio.
This is a tad of a historic detail, where my mom lives quakes are seldom felt. So if you feel there, it was major.
The point of this... is that earthquake resilience abroad does exist, though if you have kids who went to Acapulco for Spring break or family, you are in for a treat. They will have stories of evacuations and all that. Other major areas affected, and no damage.
Here is a link, mostly for the photo of the member of the Heroico Cuerpo de Bomberos, standing by one of the few damaged structures in Mexico City, and for the intensity.
http://www.elmundo.es/internacional/2014/04/18/53513ab5ca4741620a8b456e.html
So the story is that good construction codes save lives. And that we really do not have this all over again (which was after an 8.2 that lasted 90 seconds) Those two are photos from the 1985 quake.
Or this, the collapse and subsequent rescue at the General Hospital in Mexico City, where babies were rescued from the neonatal unit.
Now there was damage in far less resilient areas in rural zones, where 123 homes did collapse, much nearer to the quake and far less resilient construction. These are adobe homes in very poor, depressed, isolated areas. And there was some damage at the Chipalcingo Colonial Cathedral and some to the roads, which seems minimal. So far no reports of any deaths, or injuries.
Like Chile... it is what it is.
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THough CNN en Espanol made me laugh.... I can do that, copy and paste from the twitter feed.
