This Monday an earthquake in Mexico of magnitude 7.7 caused the death of two women, injuries to another and two minors, as well as damage to homes, schools, shopping centers, medical units, government offices, temples and bridges, and landslides on highways in Colima , Michoacán, Jalisco and Nayarit, according to reports from state civil protection authorities.
The governor of Colima, Indira Vizcaíno, reported that a woman died after the wall of a Coppel store in Manzanillo fell on her.
In that port, the roof of a gym on the top floor of the Punto Bahía shopping center collapsed and caused the death of a woman, whose body was rescued after several hours of work with the support of a canine pair.
In Tecomán, a gas tank exploded and injured a woman and two children aged 11 years and 5 months, who were treated at a clinic in Villa de Álvarez.
Landslides on highways
The movement, with its epicenter in Coalcomán, Michoacán, caused landslides on the Colima-Manzanillo highway, at the height of the La Salada area, municipality of Ixtlahuacán, as well as on the Villa de Álvarez-Minatitlán and Comala-La Becerrera highways, which were partially blocked.
In the city of Colima, the authorities reported damage to 11 hospitals and clinics, the state government headquarters, the C5i building, the Minor Basilica Cathedral, and the Sendera and Zentralia shopping malls.
In Villa de Álvarez, the town hall building was damaged, as was the People’s Theater in the Fairgrounds.
Dozens of hospitals affected
In Michoacán, 20 hospitals and health centers, homes, roads and highways were affected in the municipalities of Coalcomán, Aquila and Coahuayana, reported the Civil Protection coordinator, Jorge Romero.
There was structural damage to medical units in Pátzcuaro, Zacapu, Apatzingán, Aguililla, and Coahuayana, as well as to hospitals in Uruapan, Zacapu, Apatzingán, Puruándiro, Cherán, Maruata, Ciudad Hidalgo, Sahuayo, Maravatío, Coalcomán, and Coahuayana.
At the head of Coalcomán, the temple of Santo Santiago Apóstol cracked and there were landslides in walls and ceilings; Dozens of homes in the center and the Colegio de Bachilleres were damaged. In Pátzcuaro, the walls of the municipal palace, the Basilica of Our Lady of Health and the offices of the health jurisdiction were cracked. In La Huacana, the parish of Nuestra Señora del Rosario had landslides on the walls.
On the Pátzcuaro-Lázaro Cárdenas highway, a huge rock fell from a hill and partially blocked the asphalt layer.
The Ministry of Education ordered the suspension of classes in Coalcomán, Aquila, Chinicuila, Arteaga, Aguililla and Apatzingán, while the buildings are evaluated.
Damage to temples and houses
Two temples in Guadalajara suffered the fall of masonry. There was damage to schools in that city and to university centers in Tlajomulco and Puerto Vallarta. The hardest-hit municipalities were Tolimán and Zapotitlán de Vadillo, with damage to homes and schools. In Ciudad Guzmán some walls fell.
In Tepic, Nayarit, the highest part (spire) of the north tower of the cathedral fractured and pieces of stone material, quarry and cement fell into the street.
In Huixquilucan, state of Mexico, two girders of the vehicular bridge that connects the Bosque Real residential complex with Magnocentro avenue, in Interlomas, were separated from the structure, reported the mayor, Romina Contreras, who ordered the preventive closure of the road, to waiting for official rulings.
(With information from La Jornada)