Mexico Earthquake News 2017: Search for Survivors Continues; Two More Earthquakes Hit
The search for survivors in collapsed building sites continues. Meanwhile, two more earthquakes hit southern Mexico.
Rescue operations continue searching for survivors in dangerous areas where buildings have collapsed due to the previous earthquakes in Mexico. However, authorities and citizens alike of Mexico are losing hope because there hasn't been any success in finding new survivors.
According to TIME, the last person found alive was last Wednesday, Sept. 20, when a woman was successfully saved from a pile of debris.
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However, the number of search teams lessened due to the two new earthquakes that occurred over the weekend.
CNN confirmed from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) that Oaxaca state had a 6.1 magnitude earthquake last Saturday morning, Sept. 23, near the town of Matias Romero, which was located about 275 miles south of Mexico City.
The 6.1 magnitude earthquake had an epicenter that was located in between the 7.1 magnitude shake that happened last Tuesday, Sept. 19, near Mexico City and the 8.1 magnitude quake that vibrated nearby Chiapas state by the southern Pacific coast last Friday, Sept. 8.
The other earthquake from last Saturday was a 4.5 magnitude that also hit Oaxaca at seven in the evening, causing a temblor with a depth of 8.9 kilometers, based on USGS data.
As a result of the second earthquake, highways and bridges that have been shaken by the earthquake on Sept. 8 ended up crumbling, according to Mexico's police authorities.
Because of these earthquakes, an alarm was sounded in Mexico City, which caused a halt in rescue operations that were taking place in collapsed buildings from the Sept. 19 shake.
The operations had to be stopped because an earthquake with a 6.1 magnitude had the ability to greatly damage unstable buildings, as well as cause problems to those firmly built structures, which can lead to more accidents involving those committed in rescue work.
