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1979 Petatlán earthquake — Wikipedia (en)

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The 1979 Petatlán earthquake, also known as the IBERO earthquake occurred on March 14 at 05:07 local time in the Mexican state of Guerrero. The earthquake had a surface-wave magnitude of Ms 7.6 or moment magnitude of Mw 7.4 and maximum Modified Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). The epicenter, onshore, was located 12 km south southeast of Vallecitos de Zaragoza. With a shallow hypocenter depth of 18.5 km, the earthquake caused extensive and widespread damage in Guerrero, including the near total destruction of campus buildings at Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City. Five people died and 35 others were injured due to the earthquake. The earthquake was felt in the states of Jalisco, Guerrero and Puebla, where damage was reported.

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Fonte: Wikipedia in inglese, voce «1979 Petatlán earthquake» — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Petatl%C3%A1n_earthquake
Wikidata Q5942052 (dati Wikidata in CC0 1.0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5942052
Autori: i contributori di Wikipedia (cronologia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Petatl%C3%A1n_earthquake?action=history).
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