19 September was also the date in both 1985 and 2017 when Mexico suffered powerful earthquakes, which caused enormous damage.
There have been at least 692 aftershocks recorded since the earthquake hit, with the strongest being a magnitude 5.8 on Tuesday morning.Scientists have said the three earthquakes which struck on the same date in Mexico are a 'coincidence'.
US Geological Survey seismologist Paul Earle said:"There's no physical reason or statistical bias toward earthquakes in any given month in Mexico." Seismology researcher Xyoli Perez-Campos said:"The plates break when it's their time to break. What are they going to know about the calendar?""It seems like a curse," Isa Montes, a 34-year-old graphic designer said.
Jorge Ornelas, a call centre coordinator, said:"It's really strange, but a lot of people already don't like that day.""If we keep thinking that every 19 September it's going to shake, it's going to continue happening every year, because what you think is always what happens," the 35-year-old added.Why are there so many earthquakes in Mexico?
In 1985, an 8.0 magnitude quake hit Mexico City, causing the deaths of 9,500 people in the centre, south and west of the country.in the city of Puebla in central Mexico, which also saw more than 40 buildings collapse.
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