December 1911 Guerrero earthquake
- December 1911 Guerrero earthquake
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The December 1911 Guerrero earthquake occurred on December 16, 1911 at 12:14 local time (19:14 UTC) near the coast of Guerrero, Mexico. It was an earthquake with magnitude Mw 7.6[1], or Ms 7.8. There was damage reported on walls and roofs.[2] The electricity had been cut for a time in Mexico City. The number of casulaties was unclear, as it could be found in some sources but not mentioned in others.[3]
According to the El Paso Herald issued on December 18, 1911, in Mexico City, people rushed to the Zócalo running aimlessly or praying during the earthquake. The then Mexican president Francisco I. Madero, conferring with some of his cabinet members at the moment, was standing in front of a window in the National Palace, watching the scene, laughing without fear, and remained there until the earthquake stopped.
The rupture area of this earthquake could have been in the Guerrero seismic gap[4], which is a seismic gap about 200 km long along the Middle America Trench.[5]
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