Mexico

M4.9 earthquake at the Cierro Prieto geothermal field, Baja California, Mexico

A moderate earthquake in a huge geothermal energy field

May 13 •

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Judith A Hubbard

M6.4 earthquake shakes coast of Mexico, Guatemala

Normal-mechanism event in the sinking Cocos slab at the Middle America Trench

May 12 •

Judith A Hubbard

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M5.8 earthquake shakes Mexico City

Likely caused by the bending as the subducting plate abruptly steepens

Dec 8, 2023 •

Judith A Hubbard

M4.8 earthquake near California-Mexico border

Near the northern end of the 2010 M7.2 El Mayor-Cucapah earthquake

Dec 1, 2023 •

Judith A Hubbard

M6.3 earthquake offshore Mexico possible aftershock of 2017 M8.1 Chiapas quake

Was it intraslab, like the M8.1, or on the plate boundary?

Jul 14, 2023 •

Judith A Hubbard

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M4.5 earthquake in southern California occurred in Brawley Seismic Zone

A geothermal field here generates anthropogenic seismicity, at the southern tip of the San Andreas

Apr 30, 2023 •

Judith A Hubbard

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M5.2 earthquake below Mexico's western coast shakes Mexico City

The earthquake occurred the night before a national earthquake drill.

Apr 19, 2023 •

Judith Hubbard & Kyle Bradley

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