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MIL-OSI Mediterranean: MIKTA Foreign Ministers’ Joint Statement on the Earthquake in Turkey and Greece, 5 November 2020

Fri, 06 Nov 2020 16:02:00 +0100

Source: Republic of Turkey. We, the Foreign Ministers of Mexico, Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, Turkey and Australia, comprising MIKTA, are deeply saddened by the loss of life and damage caused by the high magnitude earthquake in the Aegean Sea that hit Turkey’s İzmir province and the Greek island of Samos on 30 October 2020.

MIKTA Foreign Ministers’ Joint Statement on the Earthquake in Turkey and Greece, 5 November 2020

Fri, 06 Nov 2020 15:30:00 +0100

05/11/2020 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 06/11/2020 10:23 MIKTA Foreign Ministers’ Joint Statement on the Earthquake in Turkey and Greece, 5 November 2020. We, the Foreign Ministers of Mexico, Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, Turkey and Australia, comprising MIKTA, are deeply saddened....

Eta weakens to tropical storm as it moves through Central America

Wed, 04 Nov 2020 11:58:00 +0100

Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Eta weakened to a tropical storm early Wednesday after making landfall in Nicaragua as a powerful Category 4 hurricane a day prior. Eta, the 28th named storm and 12th hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, moved over Nicaragua Tuesday afternoon, the National Hurricane....

Eta weakens to tropical storm as it moves through Central America

Wed, 04 Nov 2020 11:42:00 +0100

Drones Are Being Sent Straight Into Volcanoes, For Life-Saving Science - ScienceAlert

Mon, 02 Nov 2020 21:49:00 +0100

Now researchers have designed specially-adapted drones to help gather data from an active volcano in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The drones could help local communities monitor nearby volcanoes and forecast future eruptions. Their measurements could also tell us more about the most inaccessible, highly....

Drones Are Being Sent Straight Into Volcanoes, For Life-Saving Science - ScienceAlert

Mon, 02 Nov 2020 21:40:00 +0100

Bridgefy launches end-to-end encrypted messaging for the app used during protests and disasters

Mon, 02 Nov 2020 18:21:00 +0100

Offline-messaging app Bridgefy — which innovatively uses Bluetooth and Wi-fi — became known as the go-to app by thousands of protesters around the world to keep communications going even when oppressive regimes blocked or shut down the Internet. Recently, activists in Nigeria and Thailand have urged....

Bridgefy launches end-to-end encrypted messaging for the app used during protests and disasters

Mon, 02 Nov 2020 18:05:00 +0100

Scientists Are Flying Drones Into Active Volcanoes for Science

Mon, 02 Nov 2020 16:37:00 +0100

There are an estimated 300 active volcanoes around the world. Monitoring them to forewarn the public is an important undertaking, but measuring volcanic gas emissions is not an easy feat. Recently, to aid this effort, researchers have designed specialized drones to watch and monitor an active volcano in Papua New Guinea.

Volcano eruption warning: Drones now able to monitor for potential warning signs

Mon, 02 Nov 2020 12:17:00 +0100

An international team of researchers have travelled to Manam volcano in Papua New Guinea to better understand the warning signs of volcanic eruptions. The volcano is situated on an island which is just six miles wide and home to 9,000 people. However, it is a relatively active volcano, as is....

Earthquake Jolts Turkey, Death Toll Reaches 19

Sat, 31 Oct 2020 12:13:00 +0100

Oct 31, 2020 05:30 AM EDT. A powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Turkey and Greece on Friday afternoon, killing at least 19 people, causing buildings to crash down and triggering a “mini tsunami”. Magnitude 7.0 Earthquake. The tremor’s magnitude, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) was at 7.

Ixpanea, a Mexican youtuber, lives an earthquake in Greece and records it. VIDEO

Sat, 31 Oct 2020 08:01:00 +0100

The Mexican youtuber Ixpanea lived moments of tension when witnessing the magnitude seven earthquake that struck the eastern Greece and the Aegean coast of Turkey . Through her social networks, the influencer communicated how she is feeling and what she had to do during this experience away from home.

19 dead after 7.0 magnitude earthquake rattles Turkey, Greece coast: officials

Fri, 30 Oct 2020 22:02:00 +0100

Search and rescue operations continued at 17 collapsed or damaged buildings in Izmir, AFAD said. Authorities were setting up tents with a total capacity of 2,000 people near areas with the highest damage, Urbanisation Minister Murat Kurum said. Ilke Cide, a doctoral student who was in Izmir’s....

14 dead after 7.0 magnitude earthquake rattles Turkey, Greece coast: officials

Fri, 30 Oct 2020 18:35:00 +0100

Magnitude 7.4 earthquake in Mexico sends people fleeing into the streets The Greek minister responsible for civil protection and crisis management, Nikos Hardalias, headed to Samos, as were a search and rescue team, paramedics and engineers.In a show of solidarity rare in recent months of tense....

14 dead after 7.0 magnitude earthquake rattles Turkey, Greece coast: officials

Fri, 30 Oct 2020 18:25:00 +0100

Israel offers to send IDF search and rescue team to Turkey after deadly quake

Fri, 30 Oct 2020 17:00:00 +0100

Israel offered to immediately send an IDF search and rescue team to Turkey on Friday, after a deadly earthquake toppled buildings in the city of Izmir, killing at least six people. A strong earthquake struck Friday between the Turkish coast and the Greek island of Samos, collapsing buildings in....

IJGI, Vol. 9, Pages 643: Detecting Destroyed Communities in Remote Areas with Personal Electronic Device Data: A Case Study of the 2017 Puebla Earthquake

Wed, 28 Oct 2020 15:33:00 +0100

Large-scale humanitarian disasters often disproportionately damage poor communities. This effect is compounded when communities are remote with limited connectivity and response is slow. While humanitarian response organizations are increasingly using a wide range of satellites to detect damaged....

Powerful earthquake shakes Mexico and southwest Guatemala

Mon, 26 Oct 2020 09:51:00 +0100

A strong 5.7 magnitude earthquake, whose epicenter was southeast Mexico, shook part of Guatemala this Sunday, October 25, causing alarm among citizens, but without reports of victims or damages, reported civil protection . The spokesperson for the Coordinator for Disaster Reduction (Conred), David....

Scientists rediscover tectonic plate lost for 60 million years

Sat, 24 Oct 2020 17:51:00 +0200

Tectonic plates are massive, and it’s hard to imagine one being lost for 60 million years, but that is the case. Researchers from the University of Houston have discovered a lost tectonic plate that spent 60 million years hidden under the Pacific Ocean.

Despite active hurricane season, Louisiana's coastal restoration projects saw little damage; here's why

Sat, 24 Oct 2020 16:07:00 +0200

Restoration projects along Louisiana’s coastline were mostly spared by the six different hurricanes that have threatened the state so far this year, including Category 4 Laura and Category 2 Delta, which slammed into the southwestern part of the state, Gov. John Bel Edwards said this week.

Tectonic plate ‘lost’ for 60M years found hiding under Pacific Ocean

Fri, 23 Oct 2020 22:29:00 +0200

TodayHeadline Tectonic plate ‘lost’ for 60M years found hiding under Pacific Ocean —

Tectonic plate ‘lost’ for 60M years found hiding under Pacific Ocean

Fri, 23 Oct 2020 22:04:00 +0200

(l-r) Jonny Wu, assistant professor of geology in the UH Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and Spencer Fuston, a third-year geology doctoral student, applied a technique developed by the UH Center for Tectonics and Tomography called slab unfolding to reconstruct what tectonic plates in....

Mexico halfway through quake restoration of old churches

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 20:57:00 +0200

Men are seen through safety netting as they stand atop a less-damaged section of Nuestra Senora de Los Angeles, or Our Lady of Angels church, during the early stages of reconstruction work, three years after an earthquake collapsed nearly half of the church's 18th-century dome in Mexico City, Friday, Oct.

Mexico halfway through quake restoration of old churches

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 20:51:00 +0200

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Three years after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake, Mexico is still only about halfway through a titanic challenge, restoring centuries-old churches with the same ancient materials. The work can’t be hurried, but the clock ticks away: another earthquake, or an especially heavy rainy season could finish these buildings off.

Mexico halfway through quake restoration of old churches

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 20:42:00 +0200

Mexico halfway through quake restoration of old churches

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 18:12:00 +0200

Mexico halfway through quake restoration of old churches

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 18:10:00 +0200

Mexico halfway through quake restoration of old churches

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 17:48:00 +0200

Mexico halfway through quake restoration of old churches

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 17:44:00 +0200

Today in history: Oct. 17

Sun, 18 Oct 2020 08:04:00 +0200

In 1973, Arab oil-producing nations announced they would begin cutting back oil exports to Western nations and Japan; the result was a total embargo that lasted until March 1974. AP In 1979, Mother Teresa of India was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. AP In 1989, an earthquake measuring 6.

Mexican school owner sentenced to 31 years over quake deaths

Fri, 16 Oct 2020 18:31:00 +0200

By AFP Oct 14, 2020 in World A Mexican court on Wednesday sentenced the owner of a school where 19 children and seven adults were crushed to death in a 2017 earthquake to 31 years in prison. "We achieved justice for the victims!" Mexico City attorney general Ernestina Godoy Ramos wrote on Twitter.

Mexico school owner gets 31 years for 2017 quake collapse

Fri, 16 Oct 2020 00:12:00 +0200

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The owner and director of a private elementary school that collapsed in Mexico City during the 2017 earthquake killing 19 children and seven adults was sentenced Wednesday to 31 years in prison. Mónica García Villegas had been convicted of charges equivalent to manslaughter in September.

Xochimilco residents demonstrate against road works

Thu, 15 Oct 2020 17:45:00 +0200

After the Head of Government of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum , made a site visit of the San Gregorio Atlapulco road pair, neighbors of the Mayor Xochimilco They manifested since presumably the mobility work is poorly planned and that other problems such as the hydraulic network, paving, as well as....

Quake school owner jailed for 31 years in Mexico

Thu, 15 Oct 2020 15:13:00 +0200

A flat built above the school is said to have contributed to its collapse in 2017, killing 19 pupils.

Quake school owner jailed for 31 years in Mexico

Thu, 15 Oct 2020 14:52:00 +0200

A Mexican court has sentenced the owner of a school where 19 children died in a 2017 earthquake to 31 years in prison for culpable homicide. Mónica García Villegas had illegally built an apartment on top of Mexico City's Enrique Rébsame primary school.

News24.com | Mexican school owner sentenced to 31 years over earthquake deaths

Thu, 15 Oct 2020 11:55:00 +0200

A Mexican court has sentenced school owner Monica Garcia Villegas to 31 years in jail. Villegas added an apartment atop a school building which contributed to its collapse during an earthquake. According to authorities, 19 children and seven adults were killed.

Mexican school owner gets 31 years for collapse that killed 26

Thu, 15 Oct 2020 09:01:00 +0200

Mexico City, Oct. 15 (BNA): A Mexican court has handed a 31-year prison sentence to a school building owner found responsible for a collapse that claimed 26 lives during an earthquake in 2017, prosecutors said on Wednesday. Monica Garcia Villegas, who was also the school's director, was found guilty of non-intentional homicide in September.

Mexican Private School Owner Sentenced for Earthquake Deaths

Thu, 15 Oct 2020 08:47:00 +0200

The former owner of a Mexico City private school who was convicted of manslaughter last month in the deaths of 26 people during a 7.1-magnitude earthquake was sentenced to 31 years in prison. During Wednesday's sentencing, the court ruled Mónica García Villegas, former owner and director of the....

China to build 15,000 earthquake early warning monitoring stations

Thu, 15 Oct 2020 06:58:00 +0200

China has stepped up its efforts to establish a nationwide project for earthquake alerts and plans to build over 15,000 monitoring stations in five years, which could report even distant earthquakes in 5-10 seconds, experts from the China Earthquake Administration revealed.

Mexican school owner sentenced to 31 yrs over quake deaths

Thu, 15 Oct 2020 06:19:00 +0200

MEXICO CITY: A Mexican court on Wednesday sentenced the owner of a school where 19 children and seven adults were crushed to death in a 2017 earthquake to 31 years in prison. "We achieved justice for the victims!" Mexico City attorney general Ernestina Godoy Ramos wrote on Twitter.

Mexican school owner sentenced to 31 years over quake deaths

Thu, 15 Oct 2020 05:47:00 +0200

By AFP 2 hours ago in World A Mexican court on Wednesday sentenced the owner of a school where 19 children and seven adults were crushed to death in a 2017 earthquake to 31 years in prison. "We achieved justice for the victims!" Mexico City attorney general Ernestina Godoy Ramos wrote on Twitter.

Mexico school owner gets 31 years for 2017 quake collapse

Thu, 15 Oct 2020 02:29:00 +0200

The owner and director of a private elementary school that collapsed in Mexico City during the 2017 earthquake killing 19 children and seven adults has been sentenced to 31 years in prison. Mónica García Villegas had been convicted of charges equivalent to manslaughter in September.

Mexico school owner gets 31 years for 2017 quake collapse

Thu, 15 Oct 2020 01:48:00 +0200

MEXICO CITY (AP) - The owner and director of a private elementary school that collapsed in Mexico City during the 2017 earthquake killing 19 children and seven adults was sentenced Wednesday to 31 years in prison. Mónica García Villegas had been convicted of charges equivalent to manslaughter in September.

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Thu, 15 Oct 2020 01:19:00 +0200

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The owner and director of a private elementary school that collapsed in Mexico City during the 2017 earthquake killing 19 children and seven adults has been sentenced to 31 years in prison....

Mexico school owner gets 31 years for 2017 quake collapse

Thu, 15 Oct 2020 01:11:00 +0200

FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2018 file photo, buildings collapsed and damaged in last year's 7.1 magnitude earthquake are seen at The Enrique Rebsamen school, in Mexico City. The owner and director of a private elementary school that collapsed in Mexico City during the 2017 earthquake killing 26 people,....

Mexico school owner gets 31 years for 2017 quake collapse

Thu, 15 Oct 2020 01:10:00 +0200

MEXICO CITY The owner and director of a private elementary school that collapsed in Mexico City during the 2017 earthquake killing 19 children and seven adults was sentenced Wednesday to 31 years in prison. Mónica García Villegas had been convicted of charges equivalent to manslaughter in September.

Mexico school owner gets 31 years for 2017 quake collapse

Thu, 15 Oct 2020 00:59:00 +0200

MEXICO CITY -- The owner and director of a private elementary school that collapsed in Mexico City during the 2017 earthquake killing 19 children and seven adults was sentenced Wednesday to 31 years in prison. Mónica García Villegas had been convicted of charges equivalent to manslaughter in September.

Mexico school owner gets 31 years for 2017 quake collapse

Thu, 15 Oct 2020 00:32:00 +0200

Mexico school owner gets 31 years for 2017 quake collapse

Thu, 15 Oct 2020 00:27:00 +0200

Mexico school owner gets 31 years for 2017 quake collapse

Thu, 15 Oct 2020 00:24:00 +0200

MEXICO CITY (AP) The owner and director of a private elementary school that collapsed in Mexico City during the 2017 earthquake killing 19 children and seven adults was sentenced Wednesday to 31 years in prison. Mónica García Villegas had been convicted of charges equivalent to manslaughter in September.

Mexico school owner gets 31 years for 2017 quake collapse

Thu, 15 Oct 2020 00:09:00 +0200

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The owner and director of a private elementary school that collapsed in Mexico City during the 2017 earthquake killing 19 children and seven adults has been sentenced to 31 years in prison. Mónica García Villegas had been convicted of charges equivalent to manslaughter in September.

Mexico school owner gets 31 years for 2017 quake collapse

Thu, 15 Oct 2020 00:01:00 +0200

MEXICO CITY - The owner and director of a private elementary school that collapsed in Mexico City during the 2017 earthquake killing 19 children and seven adults was sentenced Wednesday to 31 years in prison. Mónica García Villegas had been convicted of charges equivalent to manslaughter in September.

China to build 15,000 earthquake early warning monitoring stations

Wed, 14 Oct 2020 18:23:00 +0200

Primary school students in Luzhou, Southwest China's Sichuan Province learn about cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, on Tuesday, China's 12th Disaster Prevention and Reduction Day. Students also held earthquake escape drills and learned about disaster mitigation.

Tourist returns stolen Pompeii artifacts, says they gave her bad luck

Tue, 13 Oct 2020 01:17:00 +0200

A selection of letters and returned artifacts has been put on display at the Pompeii Antiquarium, she added, noting that, while the value of the artifacts was not significant, the letters were interesting from an anthropological perspective. The building, one of Pompeii's best-known sites, was shut....

Community encouraged to register for the Great Guam ShakeOut

Tue, 13 Oct 2020 01:09:00 +0200

Guam will soon take part in the world’s largest earthquake drill, the Great ShakeOut. On Thursday, October 15, 2020, at exactly 10:15 a.m. (ChST), participants will practice the earthquake response procedure; “Drop, Cover and Hold On” from wherever they are. The drill will last for one minute.

Night of earthquakes in Chiapas: several earthquakes of up to 5.5 degrees were recorded

Mon, 12 Oct 2020 14:08:00 +0200

Two of the movements were 5.5 degrees (Photo: Twitter / @ SeismológicoMX) On the night of October 11, a series of earthquakes of more than 4 degrees were registered in Mexico, some reached 5.5 in magnitude with an epicenter in several locations in the state of Chiapas. Around 11:13 p.m.

The Infonomist: Earthquake is a wakeup call to enhance warning systems

Fri, 09 Oct 2020 08:47:00 +0200

CAPE TOWN - On Saturday, September 28, a strong magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck about 1 600km offshore of South Africa in Cape Town. The Council for Geosciences (CGS) on Sunday confirmed another earth tremor was felt at 9.12am. Fortunately, no one was injured in the process and the CGS confirmed later that there was no need to panic.

Moderate intensity earthquake hits part of Himachal

Fri, 09 Oct 2020 07:17:00 +0200

RBI keeps repo rate unchanged at 4 pc Arunachal continues to witness spike in Covid-19 cases; death toll climbs to 22 RBI KEEPS KEY POLICY RATES UNCHANGED SSB jawan from UP missing in Srinagar Pak troops again violate ceasefire in Uri sector COVID-19 cases in Mexico surpasses 800,000 Brazil's....

Meteor Fireball Lights up Mexico Sky Together With Arrival of Hurricane Delta and Minor Earthquakes

Fri, 09 Oct 2020 01:36:00 +0200

TodayHeadline Meteor Fireball Lights up Mexico Sky Together With Arrival of Hurricane Delta and Minor Earthquakes —

Restauration d’églises anciennes au milieu du tremblement de terre au Mexique

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 20:34:00 +0200

Mais cela ne veut pas dire que le travail est primitif. À l’église Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles, près du centre-ville de Mexico, la restauration a une sensation d’espace: les structures de support en métal incurvées imposantes sont subtilement abaissées en place par d’énormes grues pour soutenir le dôme à moitié effondré de l’église .

febrero 1, 2019 Potente terremoto sacude partes del sur de México

Tue, 03 Nov 2020 10:54:00 +0100

LaNetaNeta: Un terremoto de magnitud 6.5 sacudió la mañana de este viernes partes del estado de Chiapas, en el sur de México, según informó el Servicio

México se solidarizó con Grecia y Turquía por fuerte terremoto: no hay reportes de connacionales afectados

Fri, 30 Oct 2020 18:42:00 +0100

El terremoto se registró la tarde de este viernes a las 13:51 horas (horario local de Grecia). EFE/Sashenka Gutierrez. Luego del terremoto de magnitud de 6,7 que azotó la isla griega de Samos, el titular de la Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores (SRE), Marcelo Ebrard, expresó la solidaridad de....

Me bajé sin pantalones: youtuber mexicana Ixpanea vive fuerte sismo de Grecia; así lo documentó (VIDEO)

Fri, 30 Oct 2020 16:54:00 +0100

¿Por qué no había nadie afuera? Se preguntaba la mexicana, acostumbrada a los protocolos a seguir después de un sismo en la Ciudad de México o en otra entidad de la república mexicana, en donde se sale de las casas o edificios –si se está en un piso pertinente–.

Activan alerta de tsunami en Alaska tras sismo de magnitud 7.4

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 00:44:00 +0200

El estado de Alaska fue puesto en alerta de tsunami este lunes, luego de que se registrara un terremoto de magnitud 7.4 del que hasta ahora no se han reportado víctimas o daños, según las autoridades estadounidenses. Te recomendamos: Se registran varios sismos en Oeste de México El sismo, estimado inicialmente de 7.

Alaska registra sismo de magnitud preliminar 7.4

Mon, 19 Oct 2020 23:50:00 +0200

. Así lo informó el Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos. MÉXICO.- Un terremoto magnitud 7.4 sacudió el sur de Alaska esta tarde del 19 de octubre. Según los primeros reportes, el sismo se origino por la Península del Estado y tuvo una profundidad de 10 kilometros.

Noche de sismos en Chiapas: se registraron varios terremotos de hasta 5.5 grados

Mon, 12 Oct 2020 09:06:00 +0200

Dos de los movimientos fueron de 5.5 grados (Foto: Twitter/@SismológicoMX) La noche del 11 de octubre, fueron registrados en México una serie de sismos de más de 4 grados y algunos alcanzaron los 5.5 de magnitud con epicentro en varias localidad del estado de Chiapas.

View ¡Modelo paraguaya en medio del huracán!

Fri, 09 Oct 2020 05:57:00 +0200

La ex-Miss Alexandra Fretes cuenta cómo vivió un día de terror con la llegada del huracán “Delta” a su ciudad. “Hoy es el segundo día después del paso del huracán y seguimos sin luz y agua”, dice de entrada la modelo y ex-Miss Paraguay, Alexandra Fretes, quien pasó horas desesperantes en México,....

Las mujeres de las lomas, las Beatriz Gasca de su tiempo

Fri, 09 Oct 2020 01:21:00 +0200

El terremoto de 1985 descarnó entre otras muchas cosas la condición en que laboraban miles de costureras en pequeños y grandes talleres de ropa, distribuidos por el centro de la Ciudad de México. Talleres inhóspitos. Luego sabríamos puntualmente cuáles eran sus condiciones de trabajo.

Environmental disasters across globe in October 2020

Sun, 08 Nov 2020 09:02:00 +0100

September saw a host of global environmental disasters, including floods in Nigeria, Cambodia and South Sudan, and landslides in Vietnam triggered by heavy rains as well as wildfires in the US and Ukraine. Here is a timeline compiled by Anadolu Agency. Oct. 1: - The death toll from floods in Nigeria rises to 95, according to media reports.

Environmental Disasters Across Globe In October 2020

Sun, 08 Nov 2020 09:00:00 +0100

September saw a host of global environmental disasters, including floods in Nigeria, Cambodia and South Sudan, and landslides in Vietnam triggered by heavy rains as well as wildfires in the US and Ukraine. Here is a timeline compiled by Anadolu Agency. Oct. 1: The death toll from floods in Nigeria rises to 95, according to media reports.

Environmental disasters across globe in October 2020

Sun, 08 Nov 2020 10:18:00 +0100

ANKARA. October saw a host of global environmental disasters, including floods in Nigeria, Cambodia and South Sudan, and landslides in Vietnam triggered by heavy rains as well as wildfires in the US and Ukraine. Here is a timeline compiled by Anadolu Agency. Oct. 1: - The death toll from floods in Nigeria rises to 95, according to media reports.

In Chiapas it has not stopped shaking since the early morning

Mon, 09 Nov 2020 09:33:00 +0100

MEXICO CITY. Since yesterday, October 11 at 11:13 p.m., Chiapas has not stopped shaking. The National Seismological Service (SSN) registered a 5.5 magnitude earthquake with an epicenter 142 km southwest of Mapstepec, in Chiapas. They insure more than 5,000 liters of gasoline in Chiapas.