This morning, the world was jolted by three powerful quakes, with the biggest shaking taking place in Mexico, followed by Papua New Guinea and Afghanistan. Mexico was hit by an earthquake measuring 6.3 at 11pm last night, while Afghanistan was hit by one measuring 5.6 around 11am this morning. Papua New Guinea got hit by one measuring 6.7 at around 7:30pm last night. In Mexico, the earthquake was felt in southern Oaxaca and triggered seismic alarms all the way to Mexico City, which sent people running into the streets.

Residents in Afghanistan were thrown into the streets after an earthquake hit 25 miles northwest of Herat, followed by a series of smaller quakes with magnitudes ranging from 5.5 to 5.9. In Papua New Guinea, a 6.7 earthquake hit northeast, according to the USGS, but there were no immediate reports of any damage. An aftershock of the same magnitude hit off Madang minutes later. This comes a month after a huge 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit Morocco, causing damage to around 60,000 homes in 3,000 villages up and down the High Atlas mountains.

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