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Every September, some people in Mexico they may feel anxious and worried due to the history of seismic activity that is generated in this month. And it is that the most devastating earthquakes in national territory have occurred in the ninth month of each year; 5 of them with magnitude greater than or equal to 7. Now a recent report confirmed that our country is part of the top 10 of the countries with the most seismic activity in 2023.
Since 1985, in the month of September there have been 5 earthquakes of magnitude 7 or more; the first two occurred on September 19 and 20 of that year off the coast of Guerrero and Michoacán (8.1 and 7.6 respectively). The third took place on September 7 and 19, 2017 in the center of the country and the Gulf of Tehuantepec (8.2 and 7.1). Later on September 7, 2021 on the shores of Guerrero (7.1).
There is a popular belief that September is the month where most earthquakesespecially due to the memory of the events in 1995, 2017 and 2021, but, according to the historical catalog of the National Seismological Service (SSN) from 1900 to 2022, the telluric movements that occurred in the country with a magnitude of 6.5 or more have been compiled. The compilation details that in this period of time 215 events have occurred.
According to the SSN graph, in the months of June and April is when more earthquakes they arise in Mexico, based on the report that was prepared in the aforementioned period of time, followed by the month of December and later September, and then August and January.
LIST of the 10 countries with the most EARTHQUAKES in 2023
According to data from United States Geological Surveyas well as the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center made a measurement of the 10 most threatened countries and prone to experiment earthquakes of magnitude 4 or higher. In 2023, the nation most affected by telluric movements is Indonesia, since within a radius of 300 kilometers from this country there have been 1,591 earthquakes of the aforementioned magnitudes, the most perceptible being 7.1.
Just below Indonesia, in position 2 Mexico is located as the country with the most earthquakes in 2023 with a total of 1,289 telluric movements. Here is the list of the 10 countries most affected by this type of earthquake this year, according to the sources mentioned:
- Indonesia
- Mexico
- Türkiye
- Syria
- Chili
- Japan
- Guatemala
- Papua New Guinea
- Philippines
- Peru
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