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Be aware of the seismic activity What happens in our country helps us to know if it is time to implement certain protection measures or if the risk is lower than it would be necessary to initiate a security protocol. And as has been said on other occasions, Mexico It is a country with recurring tremors due to its location and what happens underground. For this reason, in the following paragraphs we will tell you how the seismic activity in Mexico today Friday June 2, 2023.
According to the National Seismological Service, these are the earthquakes that have happened in the early hours of this Friday:
- 4.0 magnitude earthquake, located 64 km. northeast of Matías Romero, Oaxaca, at 3:23 am.
- 3.6 magnitude earthquake, located 33km. west of Vicente Guerrero, Baja California, at 3:35 am.
- 3.6 magnitude earthquake, located 10km. southwest of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, at 4:02 a.m.
- 4.0 magnitude earthquake, located 69 km. south of Las Choapas, Veracruz, at 4:30 am.
- 4.1 magnitude earthquake, located 35 km. northeast of Zumpango del Río, Guerrero, at 5:28 am.
- 4.1 magnitude earthquake, located 77 km. southwest of Mapastepec, Chiapas, at 6:52 am.
Until now, the seismic activity reported in Mexico during the first hours of this Friday, June 2, remains stable and moderate, since very few of the tremors registered a magnitude greater than 4.0, which indicates that there is no need to initiate action protocols. .
What is an earthquake and why do earthquakes originate?
By way of definition a earthquake It is a sudden breaking of the rocks inside the Earth that, in turn, abruptly releases energy, which propagates in the form of waves, causing the movement of the ground and with it the earthquakes.
According to the National Seismological Service, a earthquake It originates when the most superficial layer of the Earth (lithosphere) fractures when exerting a force on the material of which it is made, forming a puzzle called tectonic plates. They travel like blocks of cork on water. These random displacements of the plates cause the internal material of the planet to heat up and rise to the surface, releasing internal heat, while the cold material sinks.
This causes a movement of plates and it is just between their limits where contact with others occurs, generating friction that causes the plates to get stuck together, causing a very violent rupture of plates, in addition to releasing energy in an intense way. . This is how an earthquake originates, which radiates waves that propagate in different directions through the solid materials of the Earth.
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