Revealed: Mexico earthquake so powerful it cracked tectonic plate in half

Better source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181025103348.h...

and it's populistic counterpart https://www.sciencealert.com/mexico-tehuantepec-chiapas-magn...

I'm almost sure that the title should be "Mexico earthquake so powerful because the tectonic plate cracked in half". Can someone with geologic knowledge confirm this?

> The report states the phenomenon, which shook the earth to its core, would have taken only 10 seconds to occur.

This is between misleading and nah.

Looking at the other scientific stories, the level reporting of this newspaper looks terrible. But the original story looks interesting. Perhaps you can find a better source and post it.