Residents of the Monteri Metropolitan area in northern Mexico experienced a rare event on Sunday evening – an earthquake.
About half an hour after sunset in Mexico’s second largest metro, a small templer evacuated some residents from their homes. Reports of the earthquake were 4.3 to 4.6 on the Richter scale, and Mexico’s National Land Service was 4.5.
🚨 Thus the earthquake lived in Monterry
At 7:26 pm tonight #Sism At a distance of 4.5 to 18 km #Monterrey.
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Obviously, it was suddenly a 3km displacement on a tectonic plate.
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Many users in networks shared videos of the earthquake.
.#Rt… pic.twitter.com/3ce9ixewdx– because this is a trend in Mexico (@xqestendenciamx) May 12, 2025
Eric Kawasos, Director of the Ministry of Civil Defense of Newo Leon, Mileenio said TV The templer did not cause significant damage.
Kawasos said that his office will continue to monitor the situation of the cooperation of municipal corporations and that the authorities are conducting inspections in the region.
The center of the tremor was recorded at a depth of about five kilometers near Montemoros, 70 kilometers southeast of Montery. It was felt in at least 22 municipalities, including San Point Pedro, Apotaka, San Nicholas, Escopedo, Monterie, Juvenz, Quadalup and Catarida.
Some residents compared the earthquake with a small explosion. Others claimed that it felt like a continuous cell phone vibration.
The event was also triggered Abundant. (In nationality Last April 28, the earthquake drill, About 15,000 laspeckers exploded Arnings in 10 states, none of them are new or Leone.)
A Dictok Account also created an earthquake-material CaratoA traditional Mexican story Palat.
Although the monderi is technically in a seismic zone, it is considered a lower danger. The geographical area of the solevis of the monderry – The west of the Montery Metro area is a significant curve or curve in the structure of the Sierra Madre Oriental mountain range – related to the complex form of the fold and the error, including large folds and motivation mistakes.
Think of the risk of the Internet -based tool that World Bank uses to assess the hazards of disaster in development projects, 2% chance that Monterie is experiencing a “earthquake” over the next 50 years. The probability in Mexico rises to 10% compared to 10%.
In the northeastern region of Mexico, earthquakes are more than 4.8 in the Richter scale, Tink Hazard said.
The Sunday event is the 19th templer with a central part of the Newo Lion in the last 21 years, but no one has registered more than 4.4 on the Richter scale, According to the earthquake.
To put it in the environment, National Earthquake Service recorded 23 earthquakes From midnight to 9:05 am on Monday, the size of Mexico to 4.0.
However, at least three small setbacks with a central area in Montemorellos were recorded in the next nine hours, According to the earthquake – About two hours after the initial earthquake (size 3.8), at 3:21 am (size 3.5) at 3:21 am (size 3.5), third 4:16 am (size 3.7).
In addition, the tremor from the earthquake on Sunday Felt over 300 miles north In the Rio Grande Valley beyond the border of Texas.
