Mexican authorities reported that there was minor damage to the cultural heritage of 4 states, while monitoring of damage continues following the magnitude 7.7 earthquake that occurred on Monday followingnoon.
According to the preliminary report of the Ministry of Culture of the federal government, the states with the greatest consequences on Mexican heritage are Michoacán, Colima, Jalisco and Nayarit.
In addition, the report of the General Directorate of Sites and Monuments of Cultural Heritage, the National Institute of Anthropology and History and the National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature, maintains that there is no damage “so far” in the Mexican states of Morelos, Querétaro, Tlaxcala, State of Mexico, Oaxaca, Chiapas and the Mexican capital.
In Michoacán, where the epicenter of the earthquake occurred this Monday followingnoon and for which one person lost his life, damage is reported in some historic buildings in the towns of Coalcomán, Paracho, San Juan Nuevo, Pátzcuaro, Huetamo and Tingüindín .
In Colima, a region where a fatality was reported due to the collapse of a roof, minor damage was reported to the walls of the Regional Museum of History of Colima and the breakage of a dozen small-format pieces that were exhibited in its rooms.
With information from EFE.
