Earthquake Shakes Mexican Capital.

[elleng]

Source: nyt/ap

An earthquake is shaking Mexico's capital.

There is no immediate word of damage or casualties and seismologists have not yet issued a calculation of its power or epicenter.

Mexico City is vulnerable to distant earthquakes because much of it sits atop the muddy sediments of drained lake beds. They jiggle like jelly when quake waves hit.

The magnitude-8.1 quake in 1985 that killed at least 6,000 people and destroyed many buildings in Mexico City was centered 250 miles (400 kilometers) away on the Pacific Coast.

update: Mexico City Shaken by 5.3 Magnitude Earthquake, Buildings Evacuated.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2013/08/16/world/americas/16reuters-mexico-quake.html?hp

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2013/08/16/world/americas/ap-lt-mexico-earthquake.html?hp

[itsrobert]

1. 5.3 quake

MEXICO CITY — An earthquake shook Mexico's capital Friday and Mexican authorities has reported a moderate magnitude of 5.3. There are no reports of damage or injuries.

[Iliyah]

2. New Zealand and now this

Whats up?

[efilon]

3. I

I was thinking the same thing.

[elleng]

5. This:

[longship]

6. Earthquakes in an earthquake zone are common.

I lived in LA area for a decade and we'd feel them all the time.

Both NZ and Mexico are along the Ring of Fire. If there were no earthquakes, that would be unusual.

[PADemD]

8. Not just New Zealand

Also Bali and Scicily

http://earthquake-report.com/2013/08/15/earthquakes-in-the-world-on-august-16-2013-m2-5-or-more/

[Iliyah]

4. Yeah, the Pacific Ocean, ummmmmmmmmm

Living in Los Angeles makes me wonder for sure.

[heaven05]

7. so this

quake was triggered by new zeeland's quake?