There is no big damage reported, i think the biggest problem was a bridge in a street that colapsed over a bus, just 1 person (reported at the moment) with injuries.
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Ket   United Kingdom. Mar 20 2012 15:58. Posts 8665
after a quick check on google maps the quake doesn't affect where baal lives. 7.9 is massive though, hope the casualties are as minimal as they can be
edit: it was 7.6 not 7.9, change title
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Minsk   United States. Mar 20 2012 16:07. Posts 1558
always thought it would be the drug cartels or a political assassination
this was all so unexpected
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D_smart_S   Bulgaria. Mar 20 2012 16:09. Posts 688
there are many different reports of every quake's magnitute and details so some say it's a 7.6 and a 7.9. Others say 7.9 and then correct it later so the magnitude is not set. http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/ - it says the biggest one was 7.9...
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Target-x17   Canada. Mar 20 2012 18:48. Posts 1027
im not impressed
f u bw rock
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Baalim   Mexico. Mar 20 2012 21:43. Posts 34246
You can stop praying, im alive
My GF woke me up in the middle of the quake, i usually like the feeling of quakes but this one was very strong
BTW ket, Puebla is not close to the epicenter often but the quakes usually transmit perfectly to mexico city a puebla
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Stim_Abuser   United States. Mar 20 2012 22:49. Posts 7499
Why wasn't there gigantic damage done?
Are adobe huts earthquake resistant or something?
I mean 7.4 is pretty big, I'd expect a decent of damage even in a modern city
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Target-x17   Canada. Mar 20 2012 23:08. Posts 1027
mexican city sees it as free demo
f u bw rock
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FlushArellano   Mexico. Mar 20 2012 23:09. Posts 25
11 people hurted.
We survive because we are awesome And there is a lot of earthquake drills after the one that happened on 1985. The population is aware of the danger of this, and follow the instructions without hesitation. One of the few things that we do right.
This was the most shocking event during the earthquake:
A part of a footbridge in Mexico City fell on a passenger bus.
No one resulted dead, the only person inside was the driver, and he got only bruises and scratches.
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Baalim   Mexico. Mar 20 2012 23:20. Posts 34246
On March 20 2012 21:49 Stim_Abuser wrote:
Why wasn't there gigantic damage done?
Are adobe huts earthquake resistant or something?
I mean 7.4 is pretty big, I'd expect a decent of damage even in a modern city
we live in a highly seismic zone, so all buildings are built with that in mind, in 85 there was a 8.0 one that killed over 10k ppl so we are ready now
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Baalim   Mexico. Mar 21 2012 01:45. Posts 34246
wow, turns out there was a huge ass earthquake drill in a state, schools and hospitals doing the drill at the exact same time the earthquake happened lol
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D_smart_S   Bulgaria. Mar 21 2012 04:37. Posts 688
and kids were like "is this real wold or exercise?
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YoMeR   United States. Mar 21 2012 04:57. Posts 12435
lol man as you're doing the drill a major quake happens...i bet those people were so happy they were doing that ;D sickest run good
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Baalim   Mexico. Mar 21 2012 06:08. Posts 34246
On March 21 2012 03:57 YoMeR wrote:
lol man as you're doing the drill a major quake happens...i bet those people were so happy they were doing that ;D sickest run good
god damn, since it was a big drill, people posted and twitted stupid shit saying there was going to be an earthquake that day that time.... and the freaking earthquake happened rofl sick coincidence, now thats going to inspire some conspiracy theories
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D_smart_S   Bulgaria. Mar 21 2012 11:10. Posts 688
yeah there are talkings about the 188 day cycle. Many big earthquakes have been happening at/around the 188-day cycle. I think it was 21st or 22nd of March that is 188 days before the previous big quake and you can see the last like 4 times there were 7+ quakes. The Christchurch, Chile, Japan... Go figure...
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FlushArellano   Mexico. Mar 21 2012 11:41. Posts 25
Actually the earthquake was a message from god that he don't want the pope in Mexico.
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Stroggoz   New Zealand. Mar 21 2012 12:13. Posts 5290
earth getting mad. Big earthquakes are the sickest thing ever when you're outside and can see ground coming at you in waves.
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D_smart_S   Bulgaria. Mar 21 2012 12:39. Posts 688
I once played poker at home (8th floor building) and suddenly the whole block started moving and I had to sit out and go under a door frame. I later found out it was something like 4.5 Richter.
I can only imagine what 7.5 feels like on a high floor. Proly would feel like being on a macaroni building. On another note, if the earthquake cycle is true than it would prolly mean we are aligning with some massive object out there every ~188 days or maybe the Earth itself has something internal going on. It's interesting that every year we get more and more earthquake and it's exceeding 30 000 each year which compared to like 50 or so years ago is almost double. 2011 was the most costly year in terms of natural disasters. Shit is getting darker and smellier, you can almost taste it!
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