Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

The September 19 earthquake in Mexico created a “tsunami in the desert”, in the United States

The magnitude 7.7 earthquake that hit several states in Mexico on September 19, 2022, not only caused damage within the national territory, authorities of the United States National Park Service reported that minutes after the earthquake occurred in Mexico, a "tsunami in the desert" was caused in Death Valley National Park in California.

According to witnesses, just five minutes after the earthquake shook Colima, Michoacán, Jalisco, and Mexico City, the effects of the telluric movement were felt just over 2,400 kilometers away, in Nye County, Nevada, home of the famous limestone cavern "Devils Hole . . .

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