A 4.0 magnitude earthquake was registered in the community small cross is located in Oaxacaas reported by the National Seismological Service (SSN).
According to preliminary official information, the earthquake occurred at 8:39 a.m. on December 26, 49 km southeast of the city and had a depth of 4.3 km.
The exact area where the earthquake occurred is located at the coordinates 15.621 degrees latitude and -95.70 degrees longitude.
So far, authorities have not reported any damage from recorded earthquakes. However, it is important to stay informed of any updates or actions in this regard through official channels.
The information published by the SSN is preliminary, so the data of the reported earthquake may later be updated by the authorities and changed from the data already published.
It is also important to note that earthquakes are unpredictable. There is currently no method or technology that allows us to know when an earthquake will occur, explains the SSN.
Mexico is in a tectonic context in which dozens of earthquakes are reported every day, but in the vast majority of cases they are of small magnitude and therefore imperceptible.
Even if they occur at the same distance from a city, not all of them earthquake cause the same type of tremors as the Movement intensity It varies depending on various factors such as the type of soil, the distance to the epicenter, seismic attenuation, which is how the earthquake energy is dissipated, and other geological variables.
To analyze these phenomena, Mexico It has two basic systems, the National Seismological Service (SSN) and the National Accelerographic Network of the Engineering Institute of the UNAM. The first is responsible for measuring the magnitude and locating the epicenter of earthquakes, while the second specializes in recording the behavior of ground accelerations during large earthquakes.
Dr. Jorge Aguirre González, Coordinator of Seismological Engineering at the Institute of UNAM Engineeringpoints out that the characterization of the site effect, which refers to the phenomenon of how the terrain responds to a earthquakeis essential because not all floors enhance or dampen movement in the same way. In fact, according to the university itself, there are about 20 different ways to calculate the magnitude of an earthquake, allowing scientists to obtain more precise and useful measurements for engineering and disaster response.
Mexico is constantly at risk of suffering a major earthquake, such as occurred in 1985 and 2017, movements that have caused several disasters to the country. And although they are the most famous, they were not the largest in the region.
He The strongest earthquake in Mexican history occurred on March 28, 1787, with its epicenter in Oaxaca and had one Magnitude of 8.6. Which not only caused the earth to shake, but… caused a tsunami 6 kilometers inland.
According to a Seismic Instrumentation and Registration Center (Cires) study conducted in 2009, about the earthquake of March 28, 1787 indicates that large earthquakes of magnitude 8.6 or greater could occur in the coming years Its epicenter is the coasts of Mexico and Central America because that’s where they are in the Guerrero Gap which accumulates a large amount of energy.
Such tremors are reminiscent of the worst Mexicans Memories of 1985 and 2017, when all of Mexico City came to a standstill given the shocking consequences each one left behind.
The one on September 19, 1985 occurred at 7:19 a.m. local time with a magnitude of 8.2 and with epicenter in the state of Guerrero. Since this earthquake, many thought that something like this would not happen again. But 32 years later it happened again.
The 2017 recording was taken at 1:14 p.m. Places with an epicenter on the borders of the states of Puebla and Morelos, leaving a tally of 369 deaths in the center of the country.
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