Mexico’s seismic alert system

The World

At least six people were killed in the vicinity of Mexico City by an earthquake this week. It might have been a bigger tragedy, however, were it not for the country’s seismic alert system that gave millions of people an advance warning. The World’s Jorge Valencia reports.

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