Video: Tourist Captures Mexican Earthquake on Camera From Tourist Boat

Video: Tourist Captures Mexican Earthquake on Camera From Tourist Boat
Footage taken by an American tourist from a boat in Xochilimco, Mexico during a 7.1 magnitude earthquake on Sept. 19, 2017. Alyne Tamir via Storyful
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An American tourist who was in Mexico City shooting a TV pilot when a magnitude-7.1 earthquake shook the area Tuesday, Sept. 19 shot video aboard a tourist boat in Xochilimco as it rocked in the waves.

Alyne Tamir, who captured the footage, told Storyful that being on a boat during the earthquake was “very scary,” and described the scene as “having the waves and water appearing from nowhere.”