EQUITY, THE MONEY OF
GOOD AFTERNOON, THERE HAS BEEN A
MAJOR EARTHQUAKE IN MEXICO.
A MAGNITUDE 7.1 CENTERED ABOUT
75 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MEXICO
CITY.
FIRST REPORTS SAY AT LEAST FIVE
PEOPLE MUCH KILLED.
OUR JAMIE HAS BEEN MONITORING
THIS STORY FROM LOS ANGELES AND
SHE JOINS US NOW WITH MORE
JAMIE, WHAT'S THE LATEST?
I CAN TELL YOU WE'RE SEEING
SOME VERY DRAMATIC IMAGES FROM
MEXICAN TELEVISION STATIONS.
WE'VE SEEN SOME BUILDINGS
COLLAPSE, NUMBER OF THOSE AT
LEAST ONE BUILDING EXPLOSION.
AS YOU SAID, FIVE PEOPLE DEAD,
THAT IS THE CURRENT NUMBER BEING
REPORTED BY LOCAL TELEVISION
STATION IN MEXICO AND AROUND
MEXICO CITY.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE AREA HAS
BEEN ON HIGH ALERT, THIS IS THE
ANNIVERSARY OF THAT 1985
EARTHQUAKE THAT WAS DEVASTATING
TO THAT AREA, JUST COUPLE HOURS
AGO.
THE AREA HAD ACTUALLY GONE
THROUGH DRILLS TO MAKE THAT
PEOPLE WERE READY FOR ANOTHER
MASTIFF EARTHQUAKE.
SOME OF THE REPORTS ARE SAYING
THAT THERE WAS NO ALERT SYSTEM
ACTIVATED.
WE KNOW THAT THERE IS USUALLY AN
ALERT SYSTEM THAT'S ACTIVATED
BUT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WHAT
WE'RE HEARING THE GROUND JUST
STARTED SHAKING, BUILDINGS,
THERE WAS RUBBLE THAT STARTED
COLLAPSING, VERY MOMENTARILY
AFTER THE GROUND STARTED SHAKING
ABOUT A 7.1 MAGNITUDE QUAKE IS
WHAT IS BEING REPORTED RIGHT
NOW.
THERE'S BEEN DIFFERENT REPORTS
BETWEEN THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT
AND THE U.S. GOVERNMENT SAYING
BETWEEN 6.8 AND 7.1 MAGNITUDE
QUAKE, AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE HAVE
DIED OF COURSE THESE PICTURES
ARE COMING IN JUST COUPLE OF
WEEKS AFTER WE SAW THAT
MAGNITUDE 8.2 PERTH QUAKE IN
SOUTHERN MEXICO.
WHICH REPORTS INDICATE ALMOST
100 PEOPLE DIED DURING THAT
QUAKE.
NOW, SOME OF THE LATEST NUMBERS
COMING IN RIGHT NOW IS THAT IT'S
UNCLEAR IF PEOPLE WERE INSIDE A
NUMBER OF BUILDINGS THAT DID
COLLAPSE SO THAT DEATH TOLL
NUMBER COULD GO UP FROM WHAT
WE'RE DOING TOLD IS FIVE RIGHT
NOW.
WE'LL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON
SOME OF THE THOSE REPORTS COMING
IN AND SOME OF THE IMAGES THAT
ARE COMING IN FROM LOCAL MEDIA.
AGAIN, THIS EARTHQUAKE CENTERED
NEAR MEXICO CITY BUT ABOUT 3
MILES AWAY IN PUEBLA MEXICAN
TELEVISION IS BROADCASTING
IMAGES HEAVY POPULATED PARTS.
WE SHOULD MENTION THAT THERE'S A
LOT OF TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA,
WHERE TRAFFIC IS AT A STAND
STILL PEOPLE TRYING TO GET OUT.
THE OTHER IMAGES THAT WE STARTED
SEEING COME IN RIGHT AWAY FROM
OFFICE BUILDINGS WHERE PEOPLE
WERE AT WORK, THE QUAKE STARTED,
THEY STARTED RUNNING FOR THE
EXITS SOME OF THE DOORWAYS
THERE.
YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE HUGGING EACH
OTHER AND DIVING UNDER DESKS AT
ONE POINT IN TIME.
THE MEXICAN PRESIDENT JUST
RECENTLY SENT OUT SOME TWEETS
SAYING THAT HE HAD CALLED THE
NATIONAL EMERGENCY COMMITTEE TO
ASSESS THE SITUATION AND
COORDINATE ACTIONS RIGHT NOW.
BEFORE RETURNING TO YOUR HOME OR
BUILDING REVIEW DAMAGE,
DISCONNECT THE LIGHTS AND CLOSE
THE GAS.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO AVOID TRAVEL
ON STREETS AND AVENUES TO ALLOW
EMERGENCY VEHICLES TO PASS.
IT SOUND LIKE THE PRESIDENT IS
IN THE AIR RIGHT NOW TRAVELING
WITHIN THE COUNTRY NOT IN MEXICO
CITY ITSELF.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT
AS WELL.
I WANT TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR
SOME OF THE SITUATIONS OF COURSE
THIS IS A BREAKING STORY, AT
LEAST FIVE PEOPLE DEAD IN 7.2S
MAGNITUDE QUAKE.
JAMIE, THE IMAGES ARE
DEVASTATING INCLUDING THAT
HIMMAGE OF BUILDING WE DON'T
KNOW IF ANYONE WAS INSIDE BUT
THAT BUILDING THAT COLLAPSED
THERE, WE'RE WAITING TO FIND OUT
WHAT EXACTLY THAT BUILDING WAS.
OBVIOUSLY A VERY CHAOTIC
SITUATION RIGHT NOW, IN THE
IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH.
YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, THAT THIS
PARTICULAR EARTHQUAKE COMES ON
THE ANNIVERSARY OF AN EARTHQUAKE
IN 1985 THAT KILLED THOUSANDS
AND AT THE MOMENT THAT THIS
QUAKE STRUCK TODAY, THERE WAS
ACTUALLY A DRILL GOING ON, TELL
US MORE ABOUT THAT.
YES, THE DRILL STARTED ABOUT
TWO HOURS BEFORE THIS EARTHQUAKE
HIT.
I CAN TELL THAT YOU THE COUNTRY
HAS BEEN ON HIGH ALERT JUST WHEN
THAT EARTHQUAKE HIT IN SOUTHERN
MEXICO EARLIER THIS MONTH,
PEOPLE COULD FEEL IT WITHIN
MEXICO CITY.
PEOPLE WERE RUNNING TO THE
STREETS IN THEIR PAJAMA, IS THAT
HIT OVERNIGHT.
IT BROUGHT BACK SOME OF THE
IMAGES FROM 1985.
WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE 10,000
PEOPLE DIED, PEOPLE MAY NOT
REMEMBER THAT, THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE DIED IN THAT EARTHQUAKE.
SO THIS WAS VERY FRESH IN
PEOPLE'S MIND, PEOPLE HAD BEEN
TALKING ABOUT EARTHQUAKES, AGAIN
AN ALERT SYSTEM DID NOT GO OFF
IN THIS QUAKE TODAY THEY HAD
BEEN DOING DRILLS ABOUT TWO
HOURS BEFORE THIS EARTHQUAKE
STRUCK SO PEOPLE TAKEN BY
SURPRISE WHEN THE EARTH STARTED
SHAKING.
OBVIOUSLY MEXICO THEY KNOW HOW
TO GO THROUGH EARTHQUAKES, THEY
HAVE HAD TO LIVE THROUGH
EARTHQUAKES A WAY OF LIFE FOR
MANY PEOPLE.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE THING THAT
THEY HAD BEEN TALKING ABOUT AS
THEY WENT THROUGH THE DRILLS
THIS MORNING, PEOPLE WERE
REMEMBERING THE VICTIMS FROM
1985.
AND THEN THIS HAPPENED.
SO AN IRONIC MOMENT WITHIN THE
COUNTRY AS WELL AS WE START
SEEING SOME OF THESE IMAGES
COMPTON PLAY WHERE WE DON'T KNOW
HOW MANY PEOPLE EXACTLY HAVE
BEEN KILLED.
OF FIRST ESTIMATE IS FIVE
PEOPLE, ELAINE.
JAMIE YUCCAS IN LOS ANGELES
TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
IMAGES, UTTER DEVASTATION, UTTER
DESTRUCTION IN MEXICO.
TO REPEAT THERE HAS BEEN A MAJOR
EARTHQUAKE IN MEXICO CENTERED
ABOUT 75 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
MEXICO CITY.
A MAGNITUDE 7.1.
AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE ARE DEAD
BUT THE SEARCH FOR VICTIMS IS
JUST BEGINNING.
THERE WILL BE MUCH MORE ON YOU
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