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Earthquake in Mexico City
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Just heard on Fox News
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5.9 (Moderate)
Date-Time Friday, August 11, 2006 at 14:30:44 (UTC) = Coordinated Universal Time
Friday, August 11, 2006 at 9:30:44 AM = local time at epicenter
Location 18.624°N, 100.913°W
Depth 94.9 km (59.0 miles) set by location program
Region MICHOACAN, MEXICO
Distances
6 km (4 miles) NW (324°) from Huetamo, Michoacán, Mexico
44 km (27 miles) NW (321°) from Altamirano, Guerrero, Mexico
78 km (48 miles) WNW (300°) from Arcelia, Guerrero, Mexico
122 km (76 miles) S (170°) from Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
204 km (126 miles) WSW (245°) from MEXICO CITY, D.F., Mexico
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 4.6 km (2.9 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters Nst=185, Nph=185, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=0.79 sec, Gp= 94°,
M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7
Source
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
Event ID usrgaw
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/...kes/usrgaw.php
(Last edited by mojo2; Aug 11, 2006 at 09:54 AM.
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Give petty people just a little bit of power and watch how they misuse it! You can't silence the self doubt, can you?
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Holy crap. I have friends in Michoacan.
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 5.9 would barely wake me up. sam
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Originally Posted by SVass
5.9 would barely wake me up. sam
5.9 can cause homes to collapse. Especially cheap homes.
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Originally Posted by torsoboy
5.9 can cause homes to collapse. Especially cheap homes.
I helped build some buildings down in Mexico one summer. Definitely not 'up to code' by US standards. 
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Originally Posted by Gossamer
I helped build some buildings down in Mexico one summer. Definitely not 'up to code' by US standards.
That's true for many houses in the US as well. So what's our point ?
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Originally Posted by mitchell_pgh
At the time I posted the TV news person said there was breaking news of a quake near Mexico City and eyewitness reports said that buildings were seen swaying.
That was the same thing that was said in the first minutes after the SF Quake. I posted without waiting for further info.
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