Scientists say three earthquakes on same date years apart is ‘coincidence’
The IndependentThe latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “There’s no physical reason or statistical bias toward earthquakes in any given month in Mexico,” he added. Call centre coordinator Jorge Ornelas told the news agency that “it’s really strange, but a lot of people already don’t like that day”. “If we keep thinking that every September 19 it’s going to shake, it’s going to continue happening every year, because what you think is always what happens,” Mr Ornelas, 35, added. Seismology researcher Xyoli Pérez-Campos at the National Autonomous University of Mexico’s Geophysical Institute told the AP that there’s no physical reason for significant quakes to occur on the same date.