Mexico City Hit By 7.2 Magnitude Earthquake

Luke 21:11 There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.

A powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake shook Mexico City and the surrounding regions Friday.

The quake was so strong that people rushed into the streets out of fear that building would collapse.

Mexican authorities said that walls cracked and fell along with the collapse of some smaller buildings but no major building collapses or deaths.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake occurred along a fault line that was considered dormant by most geologists.  However, Gavin Hayes of the USGS says the plates in the Guerrero Seismic Gap were locked, which allowed a potential build up of devastating energy.

The last quake along that fault was a 7.6 magnitude quake in 1911.

The USGS says the fault line has the potential to cause a quake that is above magnitude 8.4 and could kill more than the 9,500 people in the 1985 magnitude 8.1 Mexico City quake.

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