Per the United States Geologogical Service (USGS), a 5.7 earthquake shook Puebla, Mexico, 140 kilometres (85 miles) southeast of Mexico City, though it was felt particularly strongly in the nation’s capital per numerous tweets.

Most Twitterers in Mexico City reported the quake with the Spanish word “temblor,” with hundreds of temblor tweets appearing within minutes.

The first tweet on the quake was from @winiberto of Puebla. Shortly after his tweet came the first tweet from Mexico City from @olivcris.

1. 
   winiberto (Puebla, Mexico) Estña temblando! Está temblando! (It’s shaking! It’s shaking!) 22 May 2009 from twhirl
2. 
   olivcris (Mexico City, Mexico) earthquake in Mexico City! 22 May 2009 from web

More so than usual, Twitterers spoke of the intensity of the earthquake.

1. 
   vinageras (Mexico City, Mexico) Temblor Horrible! (Horrible Earthquake!) 22 May 2009 from web
2. 
   Flogerardo (Mexico City, Mexico) temblor de poca madre, para que se sienta en casa es que fue grande, grande (Earthquake little mother, for to feel at home it was big, big) 22 May 2009 from twhirl
3. 
   teko (Mexico City, Mexico) twitter todos bien? estuvo horrible el temblor ! (twitter all right? the earthquake was horrible!) 22 May 2009 from Tweetie
4. 
   spenhos (Mexico City, Mexico) Temblor en Mexico se sintio fuerte en naucalpan… (Earthquake in Mexico felt strong in naucalpan) 22 May 2009 from TweetDeck
5. 
   carinezinat (Mexico City, Mexico) Huge earthquake just now in Mexico City…. wao that was a strong one. 22 May 2009 from TweetDeck
6. 
   lostdeviant (Mexico City, Mexico) WOW That felt like a strong earthquake I’m very curious how strong it really was 22 May 2009 from web
7. 
   MarianaGlz (Mexico City, Mexico) AAAAAAhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh EARTHQUAKE!!!!!!!!!! 22 May 2009 from twhirl
8. 
   charlie_brook (Mexico City, Mexico) earthquake in Mexico City 1 min ago… It was a little bit hard 22 May 2009 from web

In the aftermath of the quake, Twitterers in Mexico City reported experiencing telephone jams and isolated power issues. Some also said they heard sirens and car alarms, though there was no apparent serious damage.

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