1999 Oaxaca earthquake

Earthquake in Mexico October 2024 1999 Oaxaca earthquake 1999-09-30 16:31:15 usp0009f7v 1656664 Mexico Oaxaca#Mexico September 30, 1999 11:31 am 7.5 w y 61 km 16.059 N 96.931 W region:MX_type:event inline,title 35-46 dead, 215 injured 8 $1.472 billion Mexican pesos The 1999 Oaxaca earthquake occurred on September 30 at 11:31 local time (16:31 UTC) in Oaxaca, Mexico, 60 km NNW of Puerto Ángel.https://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/1999/eq_990930/ USGS Earthquake Hazards Program: Earthquake Report: OAXACA, MEXICO United States Geological Survey October 22, 2011 October 21, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111021023752/http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/1999/eq_990930/ dead The epicenter was located near San Agustin Loxicha.http://mceer.buffalo.edu/outreach/archives/1999/99-0930-mex93099.asp The Mexico Earthquake, September 30, 1999 Mceer.buffalo.edu September 30, 1999 October 22, 2011 March 31, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120331182549/http://mceer.buffalo.edu/outreach/archives/1999/99-0930-mex93099.asp dead It had a magnitude of w y 7.5.M 7.5 - 15 km W of San Baltazar Loxicha, Mexico https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp0009f7v/executive 2025-04-15 earthquake.usgs.gov Earthquake The Cocos plate subducts under Oaxaca at approximately 6.4 cm/yr.Singh S.K. Ordaz M. 1 2000 The Oaxaca Earthquake of 30 September 1999 (Mw = 7.5): A Normal-faulting Event in the Subducted Cocos Plate https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/article-abstract/71/1/67/142485/The-Oaxaca-Earthquake-of-30-September-1999-Mw-7-5?redirectedFrom=fulltext Seismological Research Letters 711 1 67–78 10.1785/gssrl.71.1.67 2000SeiRL..71...67S April 15, 2025 subscription This was an intraplate earthquake in the Cocos plate, with a normal-faulting mechanism. A similar normal-faulting earthquake was observed in June of the same year. The fault plane was 90 km long and 45 km wide. The maximum slip was about 2.5 m, which was located about 20 and 40 km WNW of the hypocenter.http://www-lgit.obs.ujf-grenoble.fr/~fcotton/papersfabrice/papierbruno2001.pdf Archived copy August 28, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100202075738/http://www-lgit.obs.ujf-grenoble.fr/~fcotton/papersfabrice/papierbruno2001.pdf February 2, 2010 dead Stochastic Modeling of the 30 September 1999 Mw 7.5 Earthquake, Oaxaca, Mexico Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 95 6 2259–2271 2005 Castro R. R. 10.1785/0120040145 2005BuSSA..95.2259C The maximum intensity reached MM VIII in southwestern Oaxaca, and could be felt strongly in Mexico City.http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/americas/9909/30/mexico.quake.01/ https://web.archive.org/web/20121022005024/http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/americas/9909/30/mexico.quake.01/ dead October 22, 2012 CNN Earthquake jolts Mexico City – September 30, 1999 CNN October 22, 2011 A total of 21 aftershocks of w4.0-4.7 were reported. Impact The torrential rains and flooding preceding and following the temblor intensified the damage of this earthquake. Thirty-five people were reported dead,http://www.proteccioncivil.gob.mx/upLoad/Publicaciones/ised_80_89.pdf Archived copy proteccioncivil.gob.mx January 14, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20080414153444/http://www.proteccioncivil.gob.mx/upLoad/Publicaciones/ised_80_89.pdf April 14, 2008 dead although another source states forty-six deaths with 215 injuries.2025-04-10 Se cumplen 24 años del terremoto que azotó Oaxaca en 1999 NVI Noticias https://www.nvinoticias.com/oaxaca/general/se-cumplen-24-anos-del-terremoto-que-azoto-oaxaca-en-1999/152293 2025-04-15 nvinoticias.com es Nearly 1.5 billion pesos of damage was accounted for, and over 45,000 homes were destroyed or damaged. The archeological site of the ancient Zapotec city of Monte Alban also suffered damage in this earthquake.https://www.chicagotribune.com/1999/10/03/quake-damaged-pre-hispanic-ruins-archeological-sites/ Quake Damaged Pre-hispanic Ruins, Archeological Sites Chicago Tribune October 3, 1999 October 22, 2011 See also List of earthquakes in 1999 List of earthquakes in Mexico 1999 Tehuacán earthquake References External links 1656664 Oaxaca Earthquake, 1999 1999 Oaxaca Oaxaca, 1999 Category:20th century in Mexico Category:History of Oaxaca Category:Geography of Oaxaca Category:1999 disasters in Mexico Category:September 1999 in Mexico