Playa Azul, Michoacán Explained
| Playa Azul |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Pushpin Map: | Mexico Michoacán#Mexico |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Playa Azul in Mexico |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Mexico |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Michoacán |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Lázaro Cárdenas |
| Elevation M: | 2 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 3139 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | Central |
| Utc Offset1: | -6 |
Playa Azul (en: Blue Beach) is a beachside town in the Mexican state of Michoacán. The city lives from tourism and fishing. It is the southern terminus of Federal Highway 37, which connects it with the state of San Luis Potosí.[2]
The town was the epicentre of the Playa Azul earthquake, a magnitude 7.2 (7.3) quake that struck on 24 October 1981.[3] [4]
The town was featured in the 2021 racing game Forza Horizon 5.
Notes and References
- Web site: Principales resultados por localidad 2010 (ITER) . 2010 . Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía . 4 September 2012 . 20 April 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110420234722/http://www.inegi.org.mx/sistemas/mexicocifras/Default.aspx?i=i&src=487&e=16 . live .
- Web site: Dirección General de Servicios Técnicos, Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. Datos Viales de Michoacán. PDF. 2011. es. 4, 8. 28 January 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120514182116/http://dgst.sct.gob.mx/fileadmin/Viales_2011/16_MICHOACAN.pdf. 14 May 2012.
- Book: Engdahl, E.R. . Villaseñor A. . International Handbook of Earthquake Engineering Seismology, Part A . Lee W.H.K. . Kanamori H. . Jennings P. . Kissinger K. . International Association of Seismology and Physics of Earth's Interiors . 2002 . 81A . 684 . Global seismicity: 1900–1999 . https://earthquake.usgs.gov/data/centennial/centennial.pdf.
- Web site: Significant Earthquakes of the World 1981 . United States Geological Survey . 5 January 2010 . 11 August 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121011191203/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/significant/sig_1981.php . 11 October 2012 .
