United States of Mexico (Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexico), commonly known as Mexico (Spanish: México), is a federal republic country in North America with a total population of about 130 million and a total land area of about 760,000 square miles (2 million square kilometers). Mexico reaches the east to the Gulf of Mexico, and is adjacent to the Pacific Ocean to the south and west, and borders the United States to the north. Its capital and largest city are all Mexico City.
Mexico has long been invaded by seismic activities. It can be said that this is one of the most frequent seismic activities in the world, represented by the seismic activities in the Valley of Mexico (Spanish: Valle de México). The Mexican Valley is located in central Mexico, and its geographical location spans Mexico and the Federal District of Mexico. Most of it is covered by forest and mountainous environments. According to the analysis of geologists, the Mexican Valley was first formed under large-scale volcanic and seismic activities. To this day, volcanic and seismic activities here still exist.
Mexico is prone to earthquake disasters, a large part of the reason why it is prone to earthquake disasters is attributed to its location on the three largest geological tectonic plates on the earth. These three largest geological tectonic plates are the North American plate, the Cocos plate and the Pacific plate. Whenever there is severe friction and collision between these large geological plates, it will cause seismic activity. Since this place is often the birthplace of tremor, the same earthquake magnification will make people feel inexplicably amplified here.
Speaking of Mexico City, its entire city is built on a lake bed composed of five large lakes, namely: Lake Texcoco, Lake Zumpango, Lake Xaltocan, Lake Chalco, and Lake Xochimilco. This means that most of the geological environment below its city is sandy. Once an earthquake strikes, the buildings located on it will sway with the wind. According to geologists' calculations, this type of geological environment can be amplified to 500% of the impact even a small-scale earthquake.
Since 1900, 34 earthquakes of magnitude 7 or above have occurred near Mexico City. The number of casualties and the scale of damage to buildings can be imagined. On Tuesday (June 23, 2020), at 11:29 am Eastern Time, southern Mexico suffered another magnitude 7.4 earthquake. The epicenter is 6.8 miles (10 kilometers) southwest of Santa Maria Zapotitlan, Oaxaca. The capital city, about 190 miles (305 kilometers) north of the epicenter, felt obvious ground tremors, and even the impact of the earthquake can be felt in neighboring Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.
Due to frequent earthquake activities in Mexico, many precious ancient historical relics and buildings left over from the colonial period were destroyed because they could not withstand the violent vibration and shake, which also made many archaeologists feel heartbroken.
We live on a beautiful planet. While humans enjoy the sun, beaches, waves and cactus, they must also tolerate the threat of earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes and floods. This may be our destiny, what do you think? Welcome to leave a message in the comment section below to discuss.
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