2017 Puebla – Mexico City Earthquake

  • Team: Juan   Mayoral
    Tara   Hutchinson
    Kevin   Franke
  • Sponsors:
    • The National Science Foundation through the Geotechnical Engineering Program under Grant No. CMMI-12,
  • 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
  • Collaborators: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
  • 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)
  • File Upload :
    File Title File Version File Date File Type
    Report Version 1 1 10-16-2017
    PDF
    Report Version 2 2 02-03-2020
    PDF
  • Contact Info :
    Name Phone Email Address
    Kevin Franke kevin_franke@byu.edu
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-1826118. 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.

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