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It came after the surrounding area in the Mexican state of Acapulco was battered by Hurricane Otis
Earthquake alerts were heard in Mexico City and flashes from damaged power lines seen against the skyline as a powerful quake that struck near Acapulco on September 7 was felt in the capital.Video ...
A strong earthquake shook the border of Mexico and Guatemala early Sunday, driving frightened residents into the streets. The temblor struck just before 6 a.m. near the Mexican border town of ...
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 hotel ceiling fan in western Mexico swayed heavily as a 7.4 magnitude earthquake shook the region on Monday, September 19.Video posted to Twitter by @itspapajon shows a fan swinging in his 12th ...
A 7.1-magnitude earthquake with an epicenter about 6 miles southwest of Acapulco rattled Mexico’s Guerrero state and shook buildings as far as 200 miles away in Mexico City.Footage from Mexico ...
The Laguna Salada Fault is a probable southern continuation of the Elsinore Fault Zone in Southern California. [4] These faults are considered to be secondary cohorts of the San Andreas Fault, and as such share some of the strike-slip motion between the North American plate and the Pacific plate.
The earthquake occurred at a relatively shallow depth, only 20 kilometres (12 mi) below the surface, which would have amplified the shaking effect. [7] Earthquakes of this size according to the U.S. Geological Survey are 40 km × 20 km (25 mi × 12 mi) in rupture size. [1] The earthquake occurred at the southern extent of the Guerrero Gap.