A telluric movement was registered in the Mexico City o’clock at 10:20 p.m. this Wednesday, however, the seismic alert did not sound.
The National Seismological reported minutes later that the magnitude of the earthquake was 2.3, with an epicenter 3 kilometers northeast of the Magdalena Contreras mayor’s office.
EARTHQUAKE Magnitude 2.3 Loc. 3 km NORTHEAST of LA MAGDALENA C, CDMX 05/10/23 22:20:17 Lat 19.36 Lon -99.20 Pf 1 km
– National Seismological (@SismologicoMX)
May 11, 2023
The Secretariat for Integral Risk Management and Civil Protection of the capital published a brief message on Twitter in which it reported that communication would be maintained with the integral risk management units to rule out any eventuality.
A telluric movement was perceived tonight in Mexico City.
We maintain communication with the Comprehensive Risk Management Units to rule out any eventuality. #PreventionIsOurStrength
— Secretariat of Comprehensive Risk Management and PC (@SGIRPC_CDMX)
May 11, 2023
Meanwhile, the head of the Government of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum, detailed in a preliminary way that “everything is calm”, after the earthquake perceived in several mayors of the capital.
Why didn’t the seismic alert sound?
The Command, Control, Computing, Communications and Citizen Contact Center of Mexico City explained that
seismic alerts are not activated when the epicenter is within Mexico City.
⚠ An earthquake with perception was registered in some areas of the City, we maintain communication with @SGIRPC_CDMX. We remind the public that seismic alerts are not activated when the epicenter is within Mexico City. We are on the lookout for any emergency.
— C5 CDMX (@C5_CDMX)
May 11, 2023
As of 2012, the detection coverage of Sasmex covers with 97 sensors the most active seismic region of the country along the Pacific Ocean in the subduction zone of the Cocos Plate and North American Plate, in the states of Jalisco, Colima , Michoacán Guerrero, Oaxaca and Puebla. Seismic monitoring has highly reliable and resilient electrical, electronic, computing, and communication engineering systems to ensure, as far as possible, continuity and availability of operation every day of the year.
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