US EditionAtypical earthquake jolts Monterrey metro area
- A 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck Montemorelos, Nuevo León on May 12, 2025, affecting at least 22 nearby municipalities including Monterrey and Guadalupe.
- The event followed a pattern of seismic activity in Nuevo León, with Sunday’s quake being the 19th in 21 years and reports differing on its precise magnitude between 4.3 and 4.6.
- Residents likened the tremor to a small explosion or a steady vibration, while aftershocks occurred within nine hours, including one of magnitude 3.8 about two hours later.
- Erik Cavazos, Nuevo León’s Civil Protection director, stated the temblor caused no noticeable damage though tremors were felt over 300 miles north, reaching Texas’s Rio Grande Valley.
- This rare earthquake highlights the region’s moderate seismic risk, with a two percent chance of significant damage within 50 years, and triggered social media reactions due to local residents’ limited quake experience.
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Atypical earthquake jolts Monterrey metro area
Residents of the Monterrey metropolitan area in northern Mexico experienced a rare phenomenon on Sunday evening — an earthquake. About a half-hour after sundown in Mexico’s second-biggest metro area, a minor temblor jolted some residents out of their homes. Reports of the magnitude of the earthquake ranged from 4.3 on the Richter scale to 4.6, with Mexico’s National Seismology Service reporting it at 4.5. ASI SE VIVIÓ EL SISMO EN MONTERREY Hoy …
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