A devastating earthquake hits Mexico, causing a large number of victims

Written By عمر الدجاني on 2017/09/19

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

Weather of Arabia - Today, Tuesday 9-19-2017, the central regions of Mexico were hit by a violent earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.1 on the Richter scale.

The earthquake was centered north of the central city of Puebla de Saragosa, which is located south of the capital, Mexico City, one of the most populous cities in the world.

Millions of residents fled to the streets immediately, fearing the collapse of buildings and aftershocks.

Pictures and videos posted on social media showed a state of back-and-forth between citizens, dozens of homes were damaged, and fires broke out.

According to medical reports, the number of victims so far is estimated at dozens.

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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