Large earthquake off western Mexico coast

[DoomsDave]

Looks like it's a bad day for the western hemisphere, over the past weeks.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/strongest-quake-to-hit-mexico-in-85-years-kills-at-least-34/ar-AAru74Z?li=BBnbfcL

 

JUCHITAN, Mexico, Sept 8 (Reuters) - At least 34 people were killed when the most powerful earthquake to hit Mexico in over eight decades tore through buildings, forced mass evacuations and triggered alerts as far away as Southeast Asia.

The 8.1 magnitude quake off the southern coast late on Thursday was stronger than a devastating 1985 temblor that flattened swathes of Mexico City and killed thousands.

This time, damage to the city was limited, as the quake was deeper and further from the capital, but still shocking.

"It almost knocked me over," said Gildardo Arenas Rios, a 64-year-old security guard in Mexico City's Juarez neighborhood, who was making his rounds when buildings began moving.

The southern town of Juchitan in Oaxaca state, near the epicenter, was hit particularly hard, with sections of the town hall, a hotel, a bar and other buildings reduced to rubble.

It happened in the middle of the night, freaked out everyone.

Apparently it took place off the coast of Chiapas, near the Guatamalan border.