Deadly Mexico earthquake had unusual cause

Re:Deadly Mexico earthquake had unusual cause by AnimalMuppet on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @12:20PM (#15228586)

I don't see it. It's not even the same plate. You'd need the North American Plate to distort from Houston (definitely happened, but as you said, 2 cm). You'd need that to make the edges of the North American Plate move (maybe, but how much?). You'd need that to shove on the edge of the Cocos Plate in a way that adds to the stress in the center of the plate rather than on the edge.

I'm not a geologist, but as I said, I don't see it.

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Re:Deadly Mexico earthquake had unusual cause by maxerickson on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @12:35PM (#15228761)

Right. I don't see it either, I wrote that stuff to try to clarify that I was responding to the question about what might bend a plate, that I wasn't trying to tie the events together.

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