Buildings swayed in Mexico City and some neighborhoods lost power after a 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck about 164 miles southwest of the capital of Latin Americas second-largest economy.
Hurricane Manuel, a double-hitter storm that made two landfalls in Mexico last week, left 97 deaths in its wake, and according to EQECAT, an estimated $200 million in insured losses.
Rescuers struggled to reach a remote, rural corner of southwestern China on April 21 as the toll of the dead and missing from the country's worst earthquake in three years climbed to 208 with almost 1,000 serious injuries.
Improved building standards spared Mexico more damage and deaths from this weeks magnitude 7.4 earthquakeand U.S. builders can take a lesson from this event, one insurance association says.
Improved building standards spared Mexico more damage and deaths from this weeks magnitude 7.4 earthquakeand U.S. builders can take a lesson from this event, one insurance association says.
An earthquake that struck Oaxaca, Mexico damaged hundreds of homes and caused an estimated insured loss of around $100 million, but no fatalities were reported.