Marriott and Renaissance hotels are currently testing Braincation Zones at nine of their hotels across the Caribbean and Mexico.

BBC: Take a holiday from technology

If the early reports of no deaths or major damage hold, the quake would stand in stark contrast to Mexico's 1985 earthquake that measured 8.0 in magnitude, killed thousands of people and destroyed thousands of buildings in Mexico City, including hospitals, office towers and hotels.

WSJ: Earthquake Rocks Mexico