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Mexico's Strongest Quake in Century Strikes Off Southern Coast (bbc.com)
An earthquake described by Mexico's president as the country's strongest in a century has struck off the southern coast, killing at least 33 people. From a report: The quake, which President Enrique Pena Nieto said measured 8.2, struck in the Pacific, about 87km (54 miles) south-west of Pijijiapan. Severe damage has been reported in Oaxaca and Chiapas states. A tsunami warning was initially issued for Mexico and other nearby countries, but later lifted. The quake, which struck at 23:50 local time on Thursday (04:50 GMT Friday), was felt hundreds of miles away in Mexico City, with buildings swaying and people running into the street. The tremors there were reported to have lasted up to a minute. President Pena Nieto said about 50 million Mexicans would have felt the tremor and that the death toll might rise.
...5000 pesos in improvements!!!
I suggest you get a map.
Heh, when is the last time you looked at a map?
“He’s not deformed, he’s just drunk!”
Well. There is a southern coast. Mexico isn't a rectangle, it curves. Guatemala and Belize aren't due south.
If you're scared of your govt then you need to further restrict its powers
Vote 3rd Party in 2016 and beyond
Blame Trump — if it weren't for his reversing of Obama's hurricane-ban...
But let's not jump to conclusions — most hurricanes, earthquakes, and other so called "disasters" are entirely peaceful and we should not judge all of them by the effects of the few.
In Soviet Washington the swamp drains you.
And we got a front row seat! What's next? California falling into the Ocean or Mexico City sinking into the ground? Yellowstone Super Volcano anyone?
Strongest earthquake in a century, or in this century?
Must be that climate change rearing its ugly head again.
Both actually. Even if msmash can't seem to cut-and-paste correctly.
What's next? California falling into the Ocean or Mexico City sinking into the ground?
Maybe, but TFS/TFA refer to disaster and destruction not miracles!
Strat
Progressivism (aka US 'Liberalism'): Ideas so good they need a police/surveillance-state to enforce.
Well, with most of the mexican population now illegally residing in the US, it is now important news here....
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........
Hurricanes wouldn't dare come close to a well-armed population.
Liberal policies are causing divine wrath!
So North Korea dug a really deep hole, lowered in a thermonuclear weapon, filled in the hole, then detonated the device. Buildings as far away as Moscow shook. There are two particular properties of this planet that I believe makes that test responsible this earthquake and the many lesser earthquakes that happened around the same time but haven't received much attention. For example there was just a 3.9 in the Midwestern United States with other small rumblings elsewhere. I suspect this is far from over. So those two properties? Techtronic plates and our planets ability to vibrate at a high frequency planet wide. This is often described as the planet ringing like a bell. The initial shock from the detention got the ringing started. This in turn caused plate destabilization leading to shifting. The earthquakes resulting from this have added more intense, and probably long-term "ringing" to the planet. I expect more shifting of plates and more earthquakes. I would not be surprised if a tsunami or two will come from this as a direct result. This could last for months as has been observed in the past in the aftermath of large earthquakes.
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It's Peña. Please , write it like it is, it's not that hard, just copy&paste or whatever.
[makes popcorn]
This is funny stuff!
I wonder what I'll say next? XD
Strat
Progressivism (aka US 'Liberalism'): Ideas so good they need a police/surveillance-state to enforce.