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Jalisco records 570 earthquakes this year

A total of 570 earthquakes were recorded in the State of Jalisco between January 1 to September 15 of this year, a statistic that is within the normal range for the state, according to the Seismological System National.

As for the magnitude, the highest that has been recorded this year was 5.8, during the earthquake of May 31 at noon with epicenter in Cihuatlán, 8 kilometers deep, which did not cause infrastructure damage. Those that followed have been substantially smaller, with a magnitude of 4.6, and also in Cihuatlán.

Of the 570 telluric movements that have . . .

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