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An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 shook the municipality of Ciudad Ixtepec, Oaxaca, and its surroundings, the National Seismological Service reported; State authorities indicated that there is damage.
We activated the security protocols before the earthquake registered a few moments ago in the state. Elements of the @CEPCO_GobOax and the @SSP_GobOax perform the corresponding security operations.
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On Twitter, the agency explained that the quake occurred around 8:07 pm and that the epicenter was located 10 kilometers south of Ciudad Ixtepec, Oaxaca.
The State Coordination of Civil Protection of Oaxaca indicated that there is damage in the area of the Isthmus due to tremor happened tonight and added that monitoring is maintained in the area.
Firefighters made tours in the city, especially at sites where buildings damaged by the earthquake of September 7, 2017 are located.
The National Civil Protection Coordination said that, according to reports from authorities in Oaxaca, Veracruz, Guerrero, Chiapas, Tabasco and Puebla, there is no report of major affectations at the moment due to the tremor.
In this regard, the Secretariat of Integral Risk Management and Civil Protection of the Mexico City He reported that there is no report on the perception of the earthquake in the capital of the country.
“It did not merit warning notice to Mexico City because the energy of the developing earthquake allowed us to predict a minor seismic effect in the city,” added the Mexican Seismic Alert System.
While, Chiapas Civil Protection He explained that the earthquake monitoring was activated and that So far no damage or injured people are reported.
In the last 30 minutes, the National Seismological Service reported at least 30 earthquakes of magnitude less than 5 in Guerrero, Chiapas and Oaxaca.
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