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The National Seismological Service (Spanish: Servicio Sismológico Nacional, SSN) is a seismological organization in Mexico that studies and records earthquake activity within the country. It is part of the Geophysics Institute at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and is based in Mexico City.
Mexico lies within two seismically active earthquake zones. The Baja California peninsula lies near the boundary of the Pacific plate and the North American plate, while southern Mexico lies just north of the boundary between the North American plate and the Cocos and Rivera tectonic plates. The Cocos plate is subducting under the North ...
A presidential decree founded El Observatorio Meteorológico y Astrónomico de México (The Meteorological and Astronomical Observatory of Mexico) on February 6, 1877 as part of the Geographic Exploring of the National Territory commission. By 1880, it became an independent agency located at Chapultepec Castle, then encompassing six observatories.
Mexico's National Center for Prevention of Disasters (Centro Nacional de Prevención de Desastres, or CENAPRED) is a federal agency, attached to the Secretariat of the Interior. Based in Mexico City, its function is to alert residents of possible disasters, such as volcanic eruptions.
Chihuahua, Mexico Discus throw: 63.35 m Mario Cota: 18 June 2016 Chula Vista, United States Hammer throw: 78.68 m A: Diego del Real: 24 April 2021 Pista del CARE Monterrey, Mexico [16] Javelin throw: 81.45 m David Carreón: 17 May 2018 Elite Classic Tucson, United States [17] 82.68 m A: Juan de la Garza: 7 June 1986 Mexico City, Mexico ...
The Mexican Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA); Spanish: Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional is the government department responsible for managing Mexico's Army and Air Forces. Its head is the Secretary of National Defense who, like the co-equal Secretary of the Navy , is directly answerable to the President. [ 2 ]
Positioned as Mexico's most significant public infrastructure undertaking in a century, the Texcoco Airport was designed to replace the aging Mexico City International Airport by 2023. Faced with mounting opposition and controversy, President López Obrador , then a presidential candidate, campaigned against the ongoing Texcoco Airport ...
National Weather Service (United States), known in Spanish as Servicio Nacional de Meteorología Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Servicio Meteorológico Nacional .