Community | May 22, 2009 | 11 comments

Another earthquake hits Mexico

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Magnitude 5.7
Date-Time Friday, May 22, 2009 at 19:24:18 UTC
Region PUEBLA, MEXICO
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11 comments // Another earthquake hits Mexico

  • Gravity_Man
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      Gravity_Man  
    • Since I'm not really depending on Mexico for any health products -and I have plenty of TV sets- I reckon their ancient ruins becoming more ruined isn't real high a problem for me.

      My main concern is people's HEALTH not their wealth. So this past week I located some health products discovered in northwestern NEW MEXICO and sold here for any one wants to read about them. It's special dirt made from plant material 70 quadrillion years ago => http://shop.nanohealthsolutions.com/

      I am not a seller of their products so this isn't spam. I would suggest to citizens of Mexico they move north FOR THEIR HEALTH or move south or even consider building floating cities out on the ocean. Their land has become far less stable than California.

      Just a thought. With a system of submerged pontoons holding the floating city above the waves and being able to steer away from hurricanes instead of just SITTING THERE AND BEING POUNDED has a lot to recommend it. Lightweight structural alloy criss-crossed would be a sound investment. Where else on Earth could people be guaranteed NO EARTHQUAKES?

    • 2 years ago
  • Gravity_Man
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    • We can predict earthquakes real well. California probably averages more than one a week. Mexico is about to join them. And if these are exaggerations now they won't be in 6 months. Earthquake prediction becomes very reliable when they're happening anywhere ya point yer finger on a map. Reno Nevada had a series of quakes last year that continued on for WEEKS. They don't mention it any more but since they never said they STOPPED I assume they only stopped talking about it.

      Roanoke Virginia has had a really interesting & innovative response to the outta-the-blue quake that hit close to both hospitals here on May 16 => someone started a new website to make fun of it => http://www.roanokeearthquakerelief.com/

      So when ya want some real laughs and guffaws over WORLD EARTHQUAKE ACTIVITY just go to the Roanoke website and relieve yourself.

    • 2 years ago
  • Tomorow
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      Tomorow  
    • Earthquakes are actually one of the natural disasters that we really have limited to no affect over. Tectonic plates do whatever the magma under them tells them to.
      But it sucks for the same fact that we can't do anything about it or even predict it capable.

      Sorry mexico :(

    • 2 years ago
  • Gravity_Man
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    • According to this very interesting online guide Puebla Mexico is 80 miles southeast of Mexico City => http://www.ixeh.net/travel/puebla/puebla.html Here's a few excerpts:

      Pronounced PWEH-BLAH. Located in the Puebla Valley, 129 km (80 miles) southeast of Mexico City. Altitude: 2,149 m. (7,091 ft.). Population in 2000: 1,346,000. It is the capital of the state of Puebla and one of Mexico's oldest Spanish cities, founded in 1531. Legend has it that a band of angels appeared to Bishop Julian Garcés, one of the founders, pointing out where to situate the new city. Hence the nickname Angelopolis (City of Angels). Locals are called poblanos.

      Puebla is renown for its distinctive colonial architecture, savory cuisine, Talavera ceramics, onyx crafts, and textile industry. The indigenous language of the region, Náhuatl, is still spoken in some rural areas of the Puebla Valley. Mexican troops defeated French invaders here on May 5, 1862, at the Forts of Loreto and Guadalupe. The Mexican Revolution began in Puebla as well, on November 18, 1910, when federal soldiers and police attacked the home of the Serdán family. In 1987, UNESCO designated Puebla a World Heritage City. A serious earthquake on June 15, 1999, damaged many notable buildings, but restoration efforts began almost immediately. Virtually all the principal historic sites reopened by the summer of 2001.

      Looks like they'll be doing another renovation soon. The angels seem to not be giving the place much protection in the past decade. Although to be fair no one was killed... Maybe he hates the cans (old architecture)?

    • 2 years ago
  • Mikeysfake1
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    • "SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- A 5.7 magnitude earthquake shook the Puebla region of Mexico Friday at 2:24 p.m. local time, or 12:24 p.m. Pacific time, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The epicenter of the quake was located 87 miles southeast of Mexico City. The quake was strong enough to shake buildings in Mexico City, according to media reports."

    • 2 years ago
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