Volcán Popocatépetl, whose name is the Aztec word for smoking mountain, towers to 5426 m 70 km SE of Mexico City to form North America's 2nd-highest volcano. The glacier-clad stratovolcano contains a steep-walled, 400 x 600 m wide crater. The generally symmetrical volcano is modified by the … [Read more...]
Volcano activity of July 7-8, 2012 - California, Hawaii, Italy, Spain, Colombia and Mexico
July 8, 2012 by
This (almost) daily post intends to follow up the activity changes of volcanoes all over the world. This post is written by geologist Richard Wilson who specializes in Volcano seismicity and Armand Vervaeck. Please feel free to tell us about new or changed activity if we haven't written about it. … [Read more...]
Live Seismograph in Yucatan, Mexico
September 17, 2010 by
Seismograph Yucatan, Mexico Seismograph or Seismogram at Yucatan, Mexico Above a nearly ˜live™ picture of the earthquake registering station "Tepich Yucatan" in Mexico. The seismographs are renewed approx. every 30 minutes. You will have to refresh the page to see the latest shaking … [Read more...]
Western Mexican states hit by multiple aftershocks and earthquakes
September 15, 2010 by
The Mexican western states of Sonora, Baja California, Nayarit and Chiapas have been hit the last 24 hours by multiple earthquakes and aftershocks. Everything seems to be moving and more tectonic movements may be expected. 4 different main areas can be defined. a) The waters of the Gulf of … [Read more...]
In memory of the victims of August 26, 19XX - Mexico, killing 25 people
August 26, 2010 by
M 6.9 26-08-1959  Depth 32.4 km   Jaltipan de Morelos, Mexico - killing 25 people Jaltipan de Moreno was completely destroyed on August 26, 1959. The earthquake that rocked the city of Jaltipan on Aug. 26, 1959 is now an example of solidarity and joint effort to jaltipanecos in difficult … [Read more...]
Earthquakes list August 8, 2010
August 8, 2010 by
Useful information to read this daily earthquake list This earthquake list covers minor and major earthquakes in the world. If a more detailed page is present, the earthquake line will be linked to the detailed page. For your comfort, we will provide in most cases Google Satellite Map links to … [Read more...]
Minor Earthquakes list August 3, 2010
August 3, 2010 by
Minor earthquakes are earthquakes less than Magnitude 5.0 OR earthquakes with an hypocenter (depth) of more than 100 km OR earthquakes up to M 5.9 with an epicenter far away from populated areas. The reference for the time zone is UTC (Coordinated Universal Time). More important earthquakes are … [Read more...]