The National Seismological Service reported that from January 1 to August 15, 2016, 9,309 earthquakes have occurred, a 30.88% increase from the same period last year.
According to data from the agency, under the Institute of Geophysics of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in the same period of 2015, 6,434 earthquakes were recorded, of which 22 were 5.0 or higher.
So far this year, there have been 32 earthquakes with a magnitude greater than 5.0 on the Richter Scale. The strongest reported in the country was 6.5 degrees on January 21, 277 . . .
