Powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake rocks Mexico with tsunami warning issued

Buildings swayed and workers were evacuated in downtown Mexico City on Monday (Picture: Getty/Reuters)

A strong 7.6 magnitude earthquake has shaken parts of Mexico.

It hit near the coast on the border region of the states of Michoacan and Colima at a depth of around 15 km (9 miles), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said.

An alert has been issued that a tsunami is possible along the coast of Michoacan.

Waves reaching one to three metres above the tide level could be seen.

Buildings swayed, electricity was knocked out and workers were evacuated in downtown Mexico City on Monday.

But there are no immediate reports of damage or injury from the quake which hit at 1.05pm local time.

In a strange twist of fate, tremors have rumbled on the anniversary of two deadly quakes in Mexico.

Thousands of people were killed in a quake on September 19, 1985 and more than 350 died in another on September 19, 2017.

It hit near the coast on the border region of the states of Michoacan and Colima at a depth of around 15 km (9 miles), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said (Picture: Metro/Reuters)

People embrace as they gather on the street after an earthquake, in Mexico City (Picture: Reuters)

A woman speaks on her phone after the area shook (Picture: AFP via Getty Images)

A woman is comforted by a man on September 19, 2022 (Picture: AFP via Getty Images)

Topos Azteca rescuers and members of the civil society participate in a ceremony in the Tlatelolco neighbourhood for the anniversary of the 1985 and 2017 deadly earthquakes in Mexico City on September 19, 2022 (Picture: AFP via Getty Images)

It came on the exact same date of two other earthquakes in the country (Picture: Reuters)

Pictures from earlier today show people holding a ceremony to remember the victims.

The earthquake on Monday also came only a half an hour after the annual drill concluded.

An alarm had rang out from almost 14,000 loudspeakers in nine areas alerting residents to hypothetical seismic waves.

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