1995 Guerrero earthquake

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1995 Guerrero earthquake
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UTC  time1995-09-14 14:04:31
ISC  event 84239
USGS-ANSS ComCat
Local dateSeptember 14, 1995
Local time08:04
Magnitude7.4 Mw
Depth23 km
Epicenter 16°46′44″N98°35′49″W / 16.779°N 98.597°W / 16.779; -98.597
Areas affectedMexico
Max. intensity MMI VII (Very strong)
Casualties3 killed

The 1995 Guerrero earthquake occurred on September 14, 1995, at 14:04 UTC (08:04 local time). This earthquake had a magnitude of Mw 7.4, with the epicenter being located in the state of Guerrero, Mexico. Three people were reported dead. In the rural part of southeast Guerrero, many houses with adobe of poor quality suffered heavier damage. [1] The intensity in Copala reached MM VII. [2] The earthquake could be felt strongly along the coast from Michoacán to Chiapas. [3]

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The earthquake occurred in the region of the Middle America Trench. It was an interplate earthquake. It had a reverse faulting focal mechanism. [4] [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "INICIO" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-28. Retrieved 2011-07-29.
  2. ↑ Gama-García, A.; Gómez-Berna, A. Relationships between instrumental ground motion parameters, and modified Mercalli intensity in Guerrero, Mexico (PDF). The 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, October 12-17, 2008. Beijing, China.
  3. ↑ "Significant Earthquakes of the World". Archived from the original on 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2010-03-13.
  4. ↑ Furumura, T.; Singh, S. K. (August 2002). "Regional Wave Propagation from Mexican Subduction Zone Earthquakes: The Attenuation Functions for Interplate and Inslab Events" (PDF). Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 92 (6): 2110–2125. Bibcode:2002BuSSA..92.2110F. doi:10.1785/0120010278.
  5. ↑ Courboulex, F.; Santoyo, M. A.; Pacheco, J. F.; Singh, S. K. (1997), "The 14 September 1995 (M = 7.3) Copala, Mexico, earthquake: A source study using teleseismic, regional, and local data", Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 87 (4): 999–1010, Bibcode:1997BuSSA..87..999C, doi:10.1785/BSSA0870040999, S2CID   131652894
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