Impacts on Schools and Children
Update October 6, 2017 Mexico City, Puebla y Morelos (Source: UNICEF) 5,287 schools have been certified as safe and are operating normally in Mexico City. This represents 57% of all schools in the city: 4,000 schools remain closed. Restrictions to return to school are maintained in Tlahuac and specific neighbourhoods of Iztapalapa and Xochimilco. (Source: […]
Mexico City Water Infrastructure, Relief, & Politics
As Mexico City continues to recover from the September 19th earthquake, certain areas surrounding the city report that they are still suffering from limited access to potable water — some for as long as three weeks after the September 7th earthquake. While the lack of a modern, centralized water distribution system is also at play, the residents […]
Geotechnical Sites of Interest
Lifelines
Electric power Nearly 5 million customers were still without power a day after the earthquake. The Federal Electricity Commission of Mexico reported that 3.8 million homes were left without power after the earthquake. Of these, two million were in the Valley of Mexico, one million in Puebla, 708,000 homes in Morelos, and 102,000 homes in […]
2017 Central Mexico Earthquake
Source comes from the here. Table 1. IINGEN stations and maximum registered values. Figure 1. Accelerograms and response spectra.
Sheltering following the 19 September 2017 Mexico Earthquake
A 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit Mexico on September 19, 2017, about 76 miles away from Mexico City, leaving over 300 people dead. [FOX] The earthquake caused building to sway and panicked office workers to run into the streets. Mexican media reported several collapsed buildings in parts of Mexico city and nearby Cuernavaca. The U.S. Geological Survey said […]
List of Damaged Structures and Maps in Mexico City
The M7.1 Puebla, Mexico Earthquake damaged a significant number of buildings. Buildings reported with significant damage or collapsed appeared to be primarily brick masonry and unreinforced concrete structures. Univision reported on collapsed building, as shown in the screenshot from their article (Figure 1). Figure 1. Collapsed buildings reported. (Source: Univision) Table 1 summarizes the properties […]
A Glimpse into the 7.1 M Puebla Earthquake 2017
The ‘War-Zone’: Jojutla, Mexico
Mexico News Daily: From Terror to Grief for People of Jojutla: From Terror to Grief for People of Jojutla CNN: Small Town of Jojutla Shows Another Face of Mexico’s Deadly Earthquake: Small Town of Jojutla Shows Another Face of Mexico’s Deadly Earthquake CNN: Mexican Town Shakes off Shock after Quake, Begins to Move Forward […]
When a Convent is Almost Crushed: San Juan Bautista Tlayancapan
Figure 1. San Juan Bautista convent in Tlayancapan. Figure 2. San Juan Bautista convent in Tlayancapan.