The first earthquake occurred on September 8th and the second occurred on September 19th, cumulatively resulting in several hundred deaths to date. For earthquakes to occur along the west coast of Mexico is not unusual but both these earthquakes were not as simple as they first seem and their occurrence emphasizes an often underappreciated hazard. The earthquakes occurred near a subduction zone off of the southwest coast of Mexico but their depth and style of faulting is uncommon for such a tectonic setting.Its so sad and a lot of things have been happening and it's just natural causes.That’s how earthquake early warning systems around the world work, from a research network in California to the sophisticated public alert system in Japan, which automatically slows down trains and pings an alarm in every cell phone sold in the country. But Mexico was the first country to implement a public earthquake early warning system, up and running in Mexico City just six years after the devastating ‘85 quake. Now, Mexico isn’t a country known for its investment in science or its political will for large-scale infrastructure projects. So how did they get a public early warning system off the ground so early, when California is still struggling to scrape together the cash to implement one 25 years later? And finally my final thoughts on this event is i wish everyone good luck on Mexico and hope everyone is okay and not seriously injured.
Friday, October 6, 2017
Mexico Earthquake
The first earthquake occurred on September 8th and the second occurred on September 19th, cumulatively resulting in several hundred deaths to date. For earthquakes to occur along the west coast of Mexico is not unusual but both these earthquakes were not as simple as they first seem and their occurrence emphasizes an often underappreciated hazard. The earthquakes occurred near a subduction zone off of the southwest coast of Mexico but their depth and style of faulting is uncommon for such a tectonic setting.Its so sad and a lot of things have been happening and it's just natural causes.That’s how earthquake early warning systems around the world work, from a research network in California to the sophisticated public alert system in Japan, which automatically slows down trains and pings an alarm in every cell phone sold in the country. But Mexico was the first country to implement a public earthquake early warning system, up and running in Mexico City just six years after the devastating ‘85 quake. Now, Mexico isn’t a country known for its investment in science or its political will for large-scale infrastructure projects. So how did they get a public early warning system off the ground so early, when California is still struggling to scrape together the cash to implement one 25 years later? And finally my final thoughts on this event is i wish everyone good luck on Mexico and hope everyone is okay and not seriously injured.
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