1995 Chiapas earthquake
The 1995 Chiapas earthquake occurred on October 20 at 20:38 local time. The epicenter was located in Ocozocoautla de Espinosa, in the state of Chiapas, Mexico, near Tuxtla Gutiérrez.[2] It had a magnitude of Mw 7.2,[3] or ML 6.5.[4] Building damage was reported. Around 70 people were reported injured. In Tuxtla Gutiérrez, telephone and electricity services were momentarily interrupted.[5] This earthquake could be felt strongly in Mexico City and in many parts of southern Mexico. It could also be felt in Guatemala and El Salvador.[6] The centroid mechanism is of thrust faulting with a small strike-slip component. The rupture of this earthquake propagated from NW to SE over a distance of about 30 km. The duration of the rupture was about 17 seconds.[7] The earthquake was resulted from the internal deformation of the Cocos Plate, which is subducting beneath the North American Plate.[8]
References
- ^ USGS. "M 7.2 - Chiapas, Mexico". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
- ^ http://www.giis.org.mx/files/20%20OCTUBRE%201995.pdf[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Significant Earthquakes of the World". Archived from the original on 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
- ^ http://www.davanzada.com/noticia.php?id=64591[permanent dead link]
- ^ "SISMO EN MEXICO DEJA 70 HERIDOS", October 22, 1995. Diario Hoy, Ecuador.
- ^ "Resumen de actividad sísmica y volcánica" (PDF) (in Spanish). Red Sismológica Nacional. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 1, 2011. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
- ^ Rigobert Tibi; Guenter Bock; Charles H. Estabrook (2002). "Seismic body wave constraint on mechanisms of intermediate-depth earthquakes" (PDF). Journal of Geophysical Research. 107 (B3): 5. Bibcode:2002JGRB..107.2047T. doi:10.1029/2001jb000361. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 5, 2007. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
- ^ Raúl González Herrera. "Fuentes sismogénicas en el estado de CHIAPAS" (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
External links
- The International Seismological Centre has a bibliography and/or authoritative data for this event.
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- Kozani–Grevena (6.6, May 13)
- Timor (6.9, May 14)
- Neftegorsk (7.0, May 27) †
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- Wuding (6.2, Oct 24) †
- Gulf of Aqaba (7.3, Nov 22)
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