Acapulco earthquake struck the edge of a seismic gap

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Acapulco earthquake struck the edge of a seismic gap

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Acapulco earthquake struck the edge of a seismic gap

POSTED ON NOVEMBER 4, 2021 BY TEMBLOR
On September 7, 2021, a strong earthquake struck near Acapulco, Mexico. The earthquake may have increased the likelihood of a larger magnitude earthquake within the Guerrero Seismic Gap.

By Hector Gonzalez-Huizar, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Baja California (CICESE), Xyoli Pérez-Campos, Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), and Aaron A. Velasco, University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)

Citation: Gonzalez-Huizar, H., Pérez-Campos, X., Velasco, A.A., 2021, Acapulco earthquake struck the edge of a seismic gap, Temblor, http://doi.org/10.32858/temblor.218


https://temblor.net/earthquake-insights ... gap-13465/
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