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Mexico Earthquake data (GFZ):
Date & Time: Tue, 23 Jun 15:29:06 UTC - 10 minutes ago
Hypocenter depth: 10.0 km
Magnitude (Richter scale): 7.4
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| 6/23/2020
| staff
Posted on 06/23/2020 8:40:33 AM PDT by CFW
Just happened a few minutes ago. Reported 7.4
TOPICS: Science; Weather; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: earthquake; mexico
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posted on
06/23/2020 8:40:33 AM PDT
by
CFW
To: CFW
Oaxaca, Mexico...................
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posted on
06/23/2020 8:41:10 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Always trust God............but wash your hands......................)
To: CFW
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posted on
06/23/2020 8:41:35 AM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: Red Badger
To: Red Badger
I was at Puebla back at that big one around 2002?
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posted on
06/23/2020 8:43:23 AM PDT
by
9422WMR
(democRATS are destroying the country.)
To: 9422WMR
1999 7.0 Tehuacan, Puebla. Looks like it happens all the time there.
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posted on
06/23/2020 8:45:12 AM PDT
by
9422WMR
(democRATS are destroying the country.)
To: CFW
USGS now reporting it at Magnitude 7.7 ... Location is Pacific Coast south and east of Acapulco near the narrow waist of Mexico.
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posted on
06/23/2020 8:58:09 AM PDT
by
SES1066
(Happiness is a depressed Washington, DC housing market!)
To: mylife
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posted on
06/23/2020 9:01:13 AM PDT
by
seawolf101
(Member LES DEPLORABLES)
To: SES1066
Good chart, thanks for posting.
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posted on
06/23/2020 9:02:04 AM PDT
by
null and void
(2020 is one big Babylon Bee article)
To: SES1066
Wow! It is going to be amazing if there is not a death toll from this one.
https://www.citynews1130.com/2020/06/23/southern-mexico-hit-by-big-earthquake/
MEXICO CITY (NEWS 1130) Mexico City has just been rocked by a major earthquake. Readings vary, but Mexicos National Seismological Service reported it as a 7.1 magnitude earthquake. The USGS readings put it at 7.4. NEWS 1130 ✔ @NEWS1130 JUST IN: Mexico's national seismological institute says a 7.1 magnitude earthquake has struck the southern state of Oaxaca. More to come. https://twitter.com/SismologicoMX/status/1275452560195739649
Sismologico Nacional ✔ @SismologicoMX Preliminar: SISMO Magnitud 7.1 Loc. 12 km al SURESTE de CRUCECITA, OAX 23/06/2020 10:29:03 Lat 15.68 Lon -96.07 Pf 10 km 10 11:41 AM - Jun 23, 2020
People living in the Mexican capital say it lasted several seconds, and caused buildings to sway. Its too early for any reports of damage or casaulties, but some images on social media show cracks in pavement. More to come. (from link above link)
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posted on
06/23/2020 9:06:19 AM PDT
by
CFW
To: null and void
Cocos Tectonic Plate moving north-east and subducting under the North American Plate at the Middle America Trench.
Earthquake's reported location is in the area of the 4th blue spike from the top, where the Mexican coast jogs in sharply.
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posted on
06/23/2020 9:14:12 AM PDT
by
SES1066
(Happiness is a depressed Washington, DC housing market!)
To: seawolf101
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posted on
06/23/2020 9:20:12 AM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: CFW
Much of Mexico City is built on land fill over what used to be Lake Texcoco. Land fill doesn’t behave well in earthquakes.
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posted on
06/23/2020 9:22:11 AM PDT
by
hanamizu
To: hanamizu; CFW
hanamizu :" Much of Mexico City is built on land fill over what used to be Lake Texcoco.
Land fill doesnt behave well in earthquakes."
As I understand it, land fill in a wet or moist area
acts like Jello (it wiggles) and is unstable.
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