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Mexican authorities say death toll from powerful magnitude 8.1 earthquake rises to 58. The earthquake rocked Mexico's southern coast early Friday, and the temblor triggered a tsunami threat to several neighboring countries. Ref. USAToday.

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And they are predicting that the worst isn't over yet! It's predicted that another aftershock of the same magnitude as the initial quake will likely occur within the next 48 hours. Tsunami warnings have been issued to nearby islands and coastal areas too.

I've been in a scale 5.8 quake in America, Florida 2008, before, and that was scary in itself, never mind an 8.1! Can't imagine how scary and bad that is. .

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Because of the hurricanes this isn't getting much attention but in addition to the aftershocks they also have a hurricane coming their way. This should also be a warning to places that make up part of the earthquake zone, its shifting.

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Powerful 7.1 earthquake strikes Mexico City. A powerful earthquake jolted Mexico City on Tuesday, causing buildings to sway sickeningly on the anniversary of a 1985 quake that did major damage to the capital. Source 7r.

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Let's hope this temblor is not a harbinger of something worse to come. It seems to me though that fault has become quite active of late. Something major along that fault line could kill tens of thousands.

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With Mexico City being built on top of a lake I do wonder if the weight of the buildings is some how causing some of these quakes like a dam holding back water can cause quakes under the bed of the lake due to the weight of the water.

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21 children were killed in a nursery along with their teachers. There are around 225+ people dead and it will likely be more. The fact that this happened on the same day that marked the 1985 catastrophic earthquake that killed many in Mexico is eerie.

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New earthquake, magnitude 6.1, shakes jittery Mexico
Saturday, September 23, 2017, 7:11 AM PDT

A strong new earthquake shook Mexico on Saturday, causing new alarm in a country reeling from two still-more-powerful quakes this month that have killed nearly 400 people.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the new, magnitude 6.1 temblor was centered about 11 miles (18 kilometers) south-southeast of Matias Romero in the state of Oaxaca, which was the region most battered by a magnitude 8.1 quake on Sept. 7.

It swayed buildings and set off a seismic alarm in the capital, promping civil defense officials to temporarily suspend rescue operations in the rubble of buildings downed by Thursday's magnitude 7.1 quake in central Mexico. Source 7j.