2017 Puebla – Mexico City Earthquake
Event Date :
09-19-2017
Location :
Puebla - Mexico City
Report Date :
10-16-2017
Event Category:
Earthquake
Sequence of Events:
No
EQ Magnitude :
7.1
Report Number:
GEER-055
DOI:
doi:10.18118/G6JD46
Event Latitude:
18.568
Event Longitude:
-98.481
Team:
| Juan Mayoral |
| Tara Hutchinson |
| Kevin Franke |
Collaborators:
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Sponsors:
- The National Science Foundation through the Geotechnical Engineering Program under Grant No. CMMI-12,
Summary:
An intraslab subduction zone earthquake of moment magnitude 7.1 occurred on September 19, 2017 approximately 60 km southwest of Puebla, Mexico, and 120 km southeast of Mexico City, Mexico. Following the event, a joint geotechnical engineering reconnaissance effort was organized between the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and the Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance Association (GEER). Two UNAM-GEER teams of researchers were sent to the region to investigate and document the effects from the earthquake: an advance team (from September 24 to September 30) and a main team (from September 29 to October 6). These teams incorporated advanced imaging and geophysical technologies to study and document the effects from this earthquake. This Version 1 summary report presents the preliminary observations from the UNAM-GEER advance team. The forthcoming Version 2 of this report will contain the detailed observations and findings from both the advance and main UNAM-GEER teams.
Contributing Authors:
Mauricio Alcaráz, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Pedro Arduino, University of Washington
Domniki Asimaki, California Institute of Technology
Adriana Badillo, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Gabriel Candia, Universidad del Desarrollo-CIGIDEN, Chile
Ernesto Castañón, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Jake Dafni, University of Washington
Shideh Dashti, University of Colorado, Boulder
Chadi S. El Mohtar, University of Texas, Austin
Kevin W. Franke, Brigham Young University
Tara C. Hutchinson, University of California, San Diego
Christian Ledezma, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Anne Lemnitzer, University of California, Irvine
Eric Lo, University of California, San Diego
Alejandro Martinez, University of California, Davis
Juan Manuel Mayoral Villa, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Jorge Meneses, California Seismic Safety Commission
Gonzalo Montalva, Universidad de Concepción
Jack Montgomery, Auburn University
Alesandra C. Morales-Vélez, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez
Menzer Pehlivan, CH2M
Azucena Román, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Simón Tepalcapa, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Clinton M. Wood, University of Arkansas
Mark Yashinsky, California Dept. of Transportation (Caltrans)
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| File Title | File Version | File Date | File Type |
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| Report Version 1 | 1 | 10-16-2017 |
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| Report Version 2 | 2 | 02-03-2020 |
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The work of the GEER Association, in general, is based upon work supported in part by the National Science Foundation through the Geotechnical Engineering Program under Grant No. CMMI-1266418. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF. The GEER Association is made possible by the vision and support of the NSF Geotechnical Engineering Program Directors: Dr. Richard Fragaszy and the late Dr. Cliff Astill. GEER members also donate their time, talent, and resources to collect time-sensitive field observations of the effects of extreme events.
