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1999 Tehuacán earthquake

Field	Value
title	1999 Tehuacán earthquake
timestamp	1999-06-15 20:42:05
anss-url	usp00099y6
isc-event	1653844
local-date
local-time	15:42
map2	{{Location map	Mexico Puebla#Mexico
lat	18.386
long	-97.436
mark	Bullseye1.png
marksize	40
position	top
width	250
float	right
relief	yes}}
magnitude	7.0
depth	70 km
location
landslide	Yes
casualties	14 dead, 200 injured
intensity

| anss-url = usp00099y6 | isc-event = 1653844 | local-date = | local-time = 15:42

The 1999 Tehuacán earthquake, or the 1999 Central Mexico earthquake, occurred on June 15 at 15:42 local time (20:42 UTC) near Tehuacán, Puebla, Mexico, close to the state of Oaxaca. The earthquake measured 7.0 on the moment magnitude scale.

Damage

Fourteen people were reported dead, and about 200 injured, many historic buildings and monuments were damaged. 5,306 houses were destroyed, 15,688 partially damaged, and 9,682 slightly damaged. Many houses collapsed in the state of Puebla, including parts of the Puebla City Hall. The state of Puebla was declared a disaster area.

Geology

The Cocos plate is subducting beneath the North American plate in the Middle America Trench. This was an intraslab earthquake, and the epicenter had some distance from the Middle American Trench. This was the tenth earthquake since 1864 with magnitude larger than 6.5 and similar location of epicenter.

References

http://www.eclac.org/mexico/publicaciones/sinsigla/xml/5/8385/doc6.pdf {{dead link. (November 2022)
Dillon, Sam. (June 16, 1999). "Earthquake Kills 14 in Mexico And Injures Dozens in Puebla". The New York Times.
http://www.igeograf.unam.mx/instituto/publicaciones/boletin/bol43/b43art2.pdf {{dead link. (October 2012)
Sheridan, Mary Beth. (June 16, 1999). "6.7 Temblor in Mexico Kills 12". Los Angeles Times.
(December 2005). "Inslab Earthquakes of Central Mexico: Peak Ground-Motion Parameters and Response Spectra". Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.
"Capítulo 2, Sismología".

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