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No damage reported after 5.9 earthquake

The National Seismological Service (SSN) recorded an earthquake of 5.9 degrees with an epicenter in Cihuatlan, Jalisco, at 22:56 hours Friday night.

However, in the first minutes after the telluric movement, the SSN had reported a preliminary magnitude of 6 degrees.

https://twitter.com/SismologicoMX/status/1012914396178157569

The National Coordinator of Civil Protection, Luis Felipe Puente, reported through his Twitter account that: "the state units of Colima and Jalisco report that the earthquake was felt lightly, so far no impact is recorded."

https://twitter.com/LUISFELIPE_P/status/1012912125717688320

At the same time, he said monitoring of impacts throughout . . .

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