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Mexico City and México State to Hold Earthquake Drill Wednesday

Mexico City and México state will hold a regional earthquake drill on Wednesday, Feb. 18, at 11 a.m. to promote prevention in a region prone to seismic activity.  According to National Civil Protection Coordinator Laura Velázquez, the drill will activate 13,900 loudspeakers in addition to cell phone alerts, signaling residents to evacuate. Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada (left) spoke in advance of the most recent previous quake simulation that t…

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Mexico City prepares to stop its routine for a few minutes on February 18, when the seismic alert sounds at 11.00 o'clock as part of the first earthquake simulation of 2026. This is the first great exercise of the year to measure the preparation of the capital—and now also its metropolitan area—in the face of an earthquake of great magnitude.

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The Government of Mexico announced the 2 dates on which the National Simulation 2026 will take place in case of earthquake.Laura Velázquez Alzúa, head of the National Coordination of Civil Protection, announced that during 2026 two national simulations will be carried out, one of them on Saturday.The dates of the National Simulation 2026Mexico will have two exercises for the National Simulation 2026, as part of the actions to prevent Civil Prote…

This 18th of February at 11 a.m. a regional earthquake simulation will be carried out, exclusively and exclusively, in Mexico City and State. This simulation aims to strengthen the capacity to respond to a seismic emergency in the central area of the country. IN MEXICO CITY AND MEXICO STATE WE PREPARE TOGETHER AND TOGETHER This 18th of February at 11:00 a.m. participates in the simulation. Under the hypothesis of a magnitude 7.2 earthquake, with…

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Prepared with love from El Periódico de Tlaxcala: Authorities set the date and time of the first metropolitan drill of 2026 in CDMX and Edomex The General Coordination of Civil Protection of Mexico City and the State of Mexico announced that the First Metropolitan Simulation 2026 will take place next Wednesday, February 18 at 11:00, in order to test the warning mechanisms and the response of the population to [...] The post Authorities set the d…

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The State Coordination of Civil Protection and Risk Management (CEPCyGR) informs the citizens that the state of Oaxaca will not participate in the National Simulation 2026, scheduled for February 18 at 11:00 hours. This exercise will take place exclusively in Mexico City and the State of Mexico, so that in the Oaxacan territory no seismic alerts will be activated or any official simulation will be carried out on the date and time indicated. The …

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