1911 Michoacán earthquake explained
| 1911 Michoacán earthquake |
| Timestamp: | 1911-06-07 11:02:50 |
| Anss-Url: | iscgem16958148 |
| Isc-Event: | 16958148 |
| Local-Date: | June 7, 1911 |
| Local-Time: | 04:26 |
| Magnitude: | 7.6 Mw |
| Depth: | 33 km[1] |
| Location: | 17.5°N -102.5°W[2] |
| Countries Affected: | Mexico |
| Casualties: | 45 dead |
The 1911 Michoacán earthquake occurred on June 7 at 04:26 local time (11:02 UTC).[3] [4] The epicenter was located near the coast of Michoacán, Mexico. The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.6 on the moment magnitude scale.[5] 45 people were reported dead.[6] In Mexico City, 119 houses were destroyed.[7] Cracks were reported in Palacio Nacional, Escuela Normal para Maestros, Escuela Preparatoria, Inspección de Policía, and Instituto Geológico.[8] Ciudad Guzmán, the seat of Zapotlán el Grande, Jalisco, suffered great damage.[9]
The earthquake occurred hours before the revolutionary Francisco I. Madero entered Mexico City on the same day, and it was also known as "temblor maderista".
On June 7, 2011, a ceremony was held in Ciudad Guzmán commemorating the centenary of this earthquake.[10]
This earthquake was a megathrust earthquake along the Middle America Trench, a major subduction zone.[11]
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: CIEN AÑOS DE SISMICIDAD EN MEXICO, IGF UNAM, SSN. usuarios.geofisica.unam.mx. 21 July 2016.
- Web site: Comments for the Significant Earthquake. National Geophysical Data Center. National Geophysical Data Center. 21 August 2011.
- Web site: Cumplió Cruz Roja 100 años de su primer servicio en Jalisco . Notimex . sdpnoticias.com . 2011-06-08 . 2011-08-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111007022937/http://sdpnoticias.com/nota/90436/Cumplio_Cruz_Roja_100_anos_de_su_primer_servicio_en_Jalisco . 2011-10-07 . dead .
- Web site: INEHRM - Secretaría de Educación Pública. https://web.archive.org/web/20111004074735/http://www.inehrm.gob.mx/Portal/PtMain.php?pagina=exp-entrada-triunfal-de-madero-articulo . 2011-10-04 . dead. SEGOB - DGTI. 21 July 2016.
- Book: 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 . . First . 978-0124406520 . 703 . 2017-12-11 . 2017-08-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170820033538/https://earthquake.usgs.gov/data/centennial/centennial.pdf . dead .
- Web site: Apendice A, Historia de la Sismologia en Mexico . secre.ssn.unam.mx . 2011-08-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120324082441/http://secre.ssn.unam.mx/SSN/Doc/Cuaderno1/ch5.html . 2012-03-24 . dead .
- Web site: Caracteristicas del sismo del 19 de septiembre de 1985 . secre.ssn.unam.mx . 2011-08-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130515190454/http://secre.ssn.unam.mx/SSN/Doc/Sismo85/sismo85-7.htm . 2013-05-15 . dead .
- Web site: Dos siglos de temblores . ssn.unam.mx . 2011-08-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080203203905/http://www.ssn.unam.mx/website/jsp/ICyT/8612/dos.htm . 2008-02-03 . dead .
- Web site: Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México, estado de jalisco, Zapotlán el Grande . Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal, Gobierno del Estado de Jalisco . 2011-08-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070930031222/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/jalisco/mpios/14023a.htm . 2007-09-30 . dead .
- Web site: Cd. Guzmán - En Zapotlán celebran centenario de fuerte terremoto de 1911. periodicoelsur.com. 21 July 2016. 20 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160920033909/http://www.periodicoelsur.com/noticias_guzman.aspx?idnoticia=59316. dead.
- Kostoglodov . Vladimir . Ponce . Lautaro . Relationship between subduction and seismicity in the Mexican part of the Middle America trench . Journal of Geophysical Research . 1994-01-10 . 99 . B1 . 729742 .
