The earthquake the hit Mexico on September 19 is the third quake to happen on the same day in both 1985 and 2017, leaving two people dead and caused massive damage on infrastructure.
The massive earthquake happened on Monday, September 19, has knocked out power lines and send people in the Capital scrambling outside for safety.
Isa Montes, 34, a residents of the city's central Roma told Reuters, "It seems like a curse."
A business owner in the Cuauhtemoc borough said, "It's this date. There's something about the 19th. The 19th is a day to be feared."
The quake is about 90km (56miles) from Tecoman in Colima, close to the Pacific coast and around 400km (250miles) from Mexico City.
The National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) said that there was no scientific explanation for three major earthquakes happening on the same date in history.
"This is a coincidence," U.S. Geological Survey seismologist Paul Earle told WHIO-TV. "There's no physical reason or statistical bias toward earthquakes in any given month in Mexico."
Mexico is one of the most active seismic regions in the world, the country sitting upon three large tectonic plates.
"We knew we'd get this question as soon as it happened," Earle added. "Sometimes there are just coincidences."
Around 5,000 people were killed in the 1985 natural disaster, while estimated of 350 people have died in the 2017 accidence.
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