A 4.2 magnitude earthquake was registered in the community Salina Cruz is located in Oaxacaas reported by the National Seismological Service (SSN).
According to preliminary official information, the earthquake occurred at 3:08 a.m. on December 13, 27 km southeast of the city and had a depth of 16.1 km.
The exact area where the quake occurred is located at the coordinates 16,063 degrees latitude and -94,971 degrees longitude.
So far, authorities have not reported any damage caused by a recorded earthquake. However, it is important to stay informed of any updates or actions in this regard through official channels.
The information provided by the SSN is preliminary, so the data on 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 no current method or technology that allows us to know when an earthquake will happen, emphasizes the SSN.
Mexico is in a tectonic context in which dozens of earthquakes are registered every day, but in the vast majority of cases they are of small magnitude and therefore imperceptible.
On many occasions when an earthquake occurs, the question is often asked: Why didn’t the earthquake alarm sound? This is the sound that warns of an impending earthquake and often gives citizens time to seek shelter in a safe place.
The earthquake alarm is not activated for every earthquake, but depends on several factors.
Its functioning depends on a Sensor network that if a strong earthquake is detected, emits a signal that uses radio waves to Cities on alert that have this coverage, with a variable lead time.
Are 96 sensors of seismic alarms installed from Bahía de Banderas in Jalisco to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, including the Alto Balsas region, in Guerrero, in the south of Puebla and in the center and north of Oaxaca.
Earthquake warning coverage It reaches eight cities in the country: Guadalajarain Jalisco; Acapulco and Chilpancingoin Guerrero; Moreliain Michoacán, as well as the capitals of Puebla, Colima, Oaxaca and of course that Mexico City.
It is very important to remember that the system will not trigger an alert in the event of an earthquake outside the coverage area. Even if the epicenter of the earthquake is near one of the cities under consideration, the warning could arrive just like the seismic waves.
This is the Seismic Instrumentation and Registration Center (Cires), the institution that operates the Seismic Alert.
Mexico is constantly at risk of suffering a major earthquake, as happened 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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