A very large earthquake struck just after 11:00am Monday morning, September 19th, according to the USGS.
Measuring 7.6 on the Richter Scale, at a depth of just over 9 miles, the quake’s epicenter was located near the Pacific Coast of Michoacan, Mexico.
Initial reports from Mexican authorities report no immediate reports of significant damage, as well as no reports of significant damage in the capital, Mexico City, approximately 300 miles to the east.
The massive tremor occurred as the result of shallow thrust faulting according to the U.S. Geologic Service and did not generate a tsunami or tsunami warnings for the west coast, however, warnings for Hawai’i and other Pacific Islands did receive warnings that the possibility a 1-3 meter wave may have been generated.
The quake also comes on the heels of a series of large quakes in the Pacific in the past 9 days, including a 6.9 in Taiwan Sunday, September 18th, a 7.0 Wednesday, September 14th near the South Pacific island of Vanuatu, and another 7.6 on Sunday, September 10th, near Papua, New Guinea.
