2023-10-07 06:34:10
For a concert at the Foro Sol, the duration of the show by the British band Arctic Monkeys was short compared to other concerts, which ended up benefiting the audience who were leaving the venue in the east of Mexico City and who did not imagine that the seismic alarm protocol would be activated this Friday night.
The concert had already ended. Thousands were already in the streets surrounding the stadium when the seismic alert began to shake, much more than Alex Turner’s ropes minutes before it was activated.
There was no shortage of jokes among those who were already drunk after the show, but in general, the audience that was already on their way to public transportation or their cars reacted calmly, waiting to feel the movement.
Inside the Forum there were still some fans, however, the alarm was not heard, and the tremor that everyone expected outside the stadium was not noticeable to the fans.
The same thing happened throughout the City where the earthquake was not so perceptible and did not have serious repercussions in the capital until now.
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The alert sounded on the street for 40 seconds to a minute. When it finished playing, the fans waited calmly, some hugging, but since the tremor was not felt, seconds after waiting everyone continued on their way home.
According to preliminary reports, the epicenter was 12 kilometers from Matías Romero, Oaxaca, and the anticipation of the seismic alert in Mexico City due to its distance from the epicenter was the longest preparation time for users of the capital. 122 seconds in advance.
According to the Digital Platform for Alerting and Comprehensive Risk Management in Mexico, the magnitude of the earthquake was preliminarily cataloged as having strong effects, however, there are no reports of damage, and the public at the Foro Sol en did not perceive the effects of the earthquake. earthquake.
The magnitude according to information from the National Seismological Institute was 6.0 degrees, pending new reports.
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