8.0 quake near Chiapas, Mexico

This just happened a half hour ago maybe. There don't seem to be any news stories yet, so no information about how many casualties or how much damage. My husband plays an online game and his guild master lives about 100 km away. She felt it and doesn't know how bad things are yet for people closer to the epicenter either. Her house seems to be okay and she still has her internet. Guatemala city is also within the area affected.

https://earthquaketrack.com/r/coast-of-chiapas-mexico/recent

I know we have some members who live in Mexico, but I don't know if any are in the area affected. There is a tsunami warning.

Edit, here's an article about it.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...-off-southern-mexico-triggers-tsunami-warning

Xelebes said:

It's also very close to Hurricane Katia which is approaching major hurricane status.

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Yeah. The quake was on the west coast, and Katia is coming in from the east, but the land is quite narrow there. The timing is pretty bad for this.

The death count is in the thirties already. Not as bad as some historic quakes in the area, probably because the epicenter was off the coast, but it can take a long time to find all the victims.

Kaiser-Kun said:

Thanks, I'm safe. I live in the opposite side of the country.

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Oh, good. I didn't know which part of Mexico you hail from.

Xelebes said:

Reported to be 1 m. It was a deep quake with not much displacement.

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That's good to know. As bad as this is, it looks like it could have been even worse. I'm relieved it didn't happen under a densely populated area. It's been a hellish couple of weeks for natural disasters in the Americas.

JJ Litke said:

Shameful indeed. I'm going to go search for a way to donate right now.

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Me too.

Trump's response is shameful but not surprising.