1964 Guerrero earthquake

Earthquake in Mexico 1964 Guerrero earthquake 1964-07-06 07:22:13 865780 iscgem865780 1964 07 06 01:22 Mexico 7.2 w y 92 km on 18.19 N 100.51 W Mexico 40 killed 1964 Guerrero earthquake.jpg USGS ShakeMap The 1964 Guerrero earthquake occurred on July 6 at 01:22 local time 07:22 UTC in Guerrero, Mexico. The magnitude of this earthquake was given as Ms 7.4,Seismic gaps and recurrence periods of large earthquakes along the Mexican subduction zone: A reexamination https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/article/71/3/827/118247/seismic-gaps-and-recurrence-periods-of-large S. K. Singh L. Astiz J. Havskov 1981 Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 7 3 827–843 10.1785/BSSA0710030827 1981BuSSA..71..827S subscription or ML 7.2.http://app1.semarnat.gob.mx/dgeia/estadisticas_2000/naturaleza/estadistica-am/informe/acrobat/capitulo2-1-9.pdf Archived copy app1.semarnat.gob.mx 15 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20070722162726/http://app1.semarnat.gob.mx/dgeia/estadisticas_2000/naturaleza/estadistica-am/informe/acrobat/capitulo2-1-9.pdf 22 July 2007 dead Tectonic setting In the nearby region, the Cocos plate is subducting beneath the North American plate, however, this was an intraplate earthquake.10.1016/0031-9201(89)90247-1 Temporal variation of large intraplate earthquakes in coupled subduction zones http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/27966/1/0000397.pdf 1989 Lay Thorne Astiz Luciana Kanamori Hiroo Christensen Douglas H. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 54 3–4 258–312 1989PEPI...54..258L 2027.42/27966 free Earthquake The earthquake affected the states of Guerrero and Michoacán. Forty deaths were reported.http://www.eclac.cl/mexico/publicaciones/sinsigla/xml/5/8385/doc5.pdf Archived copy 2012-03-23 2025-02-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20250222190928/http://www.eclac.cl/mexico/publicaciones/sinsigla/xml/5/8385/doc5.pdf dead The most affected places included Ciudad Altamirano, Cutzamala, Coyuca de Catalán, Tanganhuato, and Huertamo. The earthquake was also felt strongly and caused panic in Mexico City.http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1964/07/07/pagina-52/32677853/pdf.html Edición del martes, 07 julio 1964, página 52 – Hemeroteca – Lavanguardia.es La Vanguardia Digital hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com Damage Coyuca de Catalán was seriously damaged. The city hall was destroyed. The majority of the houses there were seriously damaged and became uninhabitable. There were great cracks on the ground.http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1964/07/08/pagina-18/32677875/pdf.html Edición del miércoles, 08 julio 1964, página 18 – Hemeroteca – Lavanguardia.es La Vanguardia Digital hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com See also 1995 Guerrero earthquake 2026 Guerrero earthquake List of earthquakes in 1964 List of earthquakes in Mexico References International Handbook of Earthquake & Engineering Seismology Part A, Volume 81A Global seismicity: 1900–1999 E. R. Engdahl A. Vallaseñor 2002 https://earthquake.usgs.gov/data/centennial/centennial.pdf Academic Press First 978-0124406520 681 External links 865780 Guerrero earthquake, 1964 1964 Guerrero earthquake Category:1964 in Mexico Category:1964 disasters in Mexico Category:History of Guerrero