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2012-03-20 Mw 7.4 GUERRERO, MEXICO

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Magnitude	Mw 7.4
Region	GUERRERO, MEXICO
Date time	2012-03-20 18:02:49.0 UTC
Location	16.69 N ; 98.24 W
Depth	19 km
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Witness location : Puebla (Mexico) (260 km N from epicenter)

everyone agreed it was a circular motion.  lasted about 2 minutes.

Witness location : Ixtaczoquitlán (Mexico) (270 km NE from epicenter)

Estaba a punto de desayunar por lo mismo de haberme levantado tarde, cuando mi mamá dijo que estaba temblando y sentí que se movía mi silla y salimos, el movimiento apretó demasiado que hizo a que mi portón se moviera muy feo, muchas personas de mi domicilio donde vivo salieron asustadas, los cables se meneaban feo, duró como 6 minutos.

Witness location : Mexico City (Mexico) (318 km NW from epicenter)

i heard about a collapsed pedestrian bridge, about 7hrs later i saw masonry falling down, and heard about several damages such as little cracks in houses of close people

Witness location : Mexico City (Mexico) (318 km NW from epicenter)

It was the strongest one I had felt, and I have already experienced big earthquakes here in Mexico City.

Witness location : Mexico City (Mexico) (318 km NW from epicenter)

Jerky motion lasted more than a minute. No cracking sound.

It started very slowly and then increased in power.

Apparently no major damage.

Waiting for aftershocks.


Bye,

Witness location : Mexico City (Mexico) (318 km NW from epicenter)

I also felt the famous earthquake in 1985. I felt that one a lot stronger than yesterday.

Witness location : Mexico City (Mexico) (318 km NW from epicenter)

The meeting point are close to buildings with serious risk of collapsing.I don´t understand. I´m spanish living here since 7 years and Mexico should improve the protocols.

Witness location : Mexico City (Mexico) (318 km NW from epicenter)

I was in a tall new building with lots of earthquake engineering. My experience was the building moving, rocking for minutes really but I think that was exactly what was intended. It took a long while to settle down. I still feel a little like I am on a boat. But there was never any danger for me.

Witness location : Mexico City (Mexico) (318 km NW from epicenter)

Many cracklings on the walls, inside my apartment the same thing.

Witness location : Mexico City (Mexico) (318 km NW from epicenter)

not too strong like in 1985, maybe was 6.x

Witness location : Jalapa (Mexico) (346 km NE from epicenter)

it felt moderate here... i cannot imagine how was felt on mexico or guerrero...

Witness location : Guatemala City (Guatemala) (857 km E from epicenter)

No fue tan fuerte, pero el movimiento no fue común para esta zona.