Mexico earthquake partially reloads fault that ruptured in devastating 1985 shock

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Mexico earthquake partially reloads fault that ruptured in devastating 1985 shock

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Mexico earthquake partially reloads fault that ruptured in devastating 1985 shock


POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2022 BY TEMBLOR
Though unlikely sufficient to trigger another great earthquake soon, about one-quarter of the fault surface that broke in the 1985 earthquake is now closer to failure.

By Ross S. Stein, Ph.D., Temblor, Inc., and Shinji Toda, Ph.D., IRIDeS, Tohoku University

Citation: Stein, R., and Toda, S, 2022, Mexico earthquake partially reloads fault that ruptured in devastating 1985 shock, Temblor, http://doi.org/10.32858/temblor.272

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