1999 Tehuacán earthquake

Earthquake in Mexico 1999 Tehuacán earthquake 1999-06-15 20:42:05 usp00099y6 1653844 1999 06 15 y 15:42 Mexico Puebla#Mexico w y 7.0 70 km 18.386 N 97.436 W Yes 14 dead, 200 injured 8 thumb|Shake map for Tehuacán earthquake The 1999 Tehuacán earthquake, or the 1999 Central Mexico earthquake, occurred on June 15 at 15:42 local time (20:42 UTC) near Tehuacán, Puebla, Mexico, close to the state of Oaxaca. The earthquake measured 7.0 on the moment magnitude scale. Damage Fourteen people were reported dead, and about 200 injured, many historic buildings and monuments were damaged. 5,306 houses were destroyed, 15,688 partially damaged, and 9,682 slightly damaged.Bitrán Bitrán Daniel Características del impacto socioeconómico de los principales desastres ocurridos en México en el período 1980-99 https://www.cenapred.unam.mx/es/Publicaciones/archivos/28-NO.1-IMPACTOSOCIOECONMICODELOSPRINCIPALESDESASTRESOCURRIDOSENMXICOENELPERIODO1980-1999.PDF Characteristics of the Socioeconomic Impact of Major Disasters Occurring in Mexico During the Period 1980–99 Spanish Impacto Socioeconómico de los desastres en México 1 Sismo en Puebla y Oaxaca 1999 53-58 970-628-591-1 October 2001 CENAPRED https://web.archive.org/web/20240120051756/https://www.cenapred.unam.mx/es/Publicaciones/archivos/28-NO.1-IMPACTOSOCIOECONMICODELOSPRINCIPALESDESASTRESOCURRIDOSENMXICOENELPERIODO1980-1999.PDF 2026-04-14 2024-01-20 live Many houses collapsed in the state of Puebla, including parts of the Puebla City Hall.https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/16/world/earthquake-kills-14-in-mexico-and-injures-dozens-in-puebla.html Earthquake Kills 14 in Mexico And Injures Dozens in Puebla Sam Dillon June 16, 1999 The New York Times October 19, 2012Ramirez Herrera Teresa Lugo Hubp José Efectos del sismo (7.0=Mw) del 15 de junio de 1999 en Puebla y estados vecinos https://www.investigacionesgeograficas.unam.mx/index.php/rig/article/view/59122/52109 Effects of the earthquake (7.0 Mw) of June 15, 1999 in Puebla and neighboring states Investigaciones Geográficas 43 Spanish Mexico City National Autonomous University of Mexico 32-41 10.14350/rig.59122 2026-04-14 free The state of Puebla was declared a disaster area.https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-jun-16-mn-46948-story.html 6.7 Temblor in Mexico Kills 12 Mary Beth Sheridan June 16, 1999 Los Angeles Times October 19, 2012 Geology The Cocos plate is subducting beneath the North American plate in the Middle America Trench. This was an intraslab earthquake,http://www.ucm.es/info/Geofis/g-atinsis/Garciaetal2005.pdf Inslab Earthquakes of Central Mexico: Peak Ground-Motion Parameters and Response Spectra García Daniel Singh Shri Krishna Herráiz Miguel Ordaz Mario Pacheco Javier Francisco Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 95 6 December 2005 2272–2282 10.1785/0120050072 2005BuSSA..95.2272G 2010-09-16 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110610043557/http://www.ucm.es/info/Geofis/g-atinsis/Garciaetal2005.pdf 2011-06-10 and the epicenter had some distance from the Middle American Trench. This was the tenth earthquake since 1864 with magnitude larger than 6.5 and similar location of epicenter.http://www.cenapred.unam.mx/es/DocumentosPublicos/PDF/Cap2Sismologia.pdf Capítulo 2, Sismología 2010-09-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20110722232944/http://www.cenapred.unam.mx/es/DocumentosPublicos/PDF/Cap2Sismologia.pdf 2011-07-22 dead See also List of earthquakes in 1999 List of earthquakes in Mexico References External links Magnitude 7.0 Central Mexico – United States Geological Survey 1653844 1999 Tehuacán Category:1999 earthquakes Category:1999 in Mexico Category:1999 disasters in Mexico