Why the Mexico City Earthquake Shook Up Disaster Predictions

Posted by smokielad on Thursday September 21, 2017 @02:42PM
from the scientificamerican.com dept.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-the-mexico-city-earthquake-shook-up-disaster-predictions/

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Re:Why the Mexico City Earthquake Shook Up Disaster Predictions by jomendoz on Thursday September 21, 2017 @02:48PM (#15306309)

The opening paragraph is wrong. It has been 32 years since the greatest earthquake in Mexico, 1985.

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Re:Why the Mexico City Earthquake Shook Up Disaster Predictions by jerobernot on Thursday September 21, 2017 @03:28PM (#15306595)

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Re:Why the Mexico City Earthquake Shook Up Disaster Predictions by latrasis on Thursday September 21, 2017 @04:28PM (#15307036)

Just curious, what's the possibility of a man-made/induced earthquake in this region?

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Re:Why the Mexico City Earthquake Shook Up Disaster Predictions by zghst on Thursday September 21, 2017 @05:29PM (#15307526)

On this scale, unless some new technology has been invented, it would be near impossible to do so. I used to be able to calculate these back in college, but my geology is a bit rusty.

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Re:Why the Mexico City Earthquake Shook Up Disaster Predictions by ringaroundthetx on Thursday September 21, 2017 @04:30PM (#15307060)

so basically, a big one could still happen there and the clock isn't reset

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