Contemporary era · 2012

2012 Guerrero–Oaxaca earthquake

The 2012 Guerrero–Oaxaca earthquake struck southern Mexico with a moment magnitude of 7.4 at 12:02 local time on Tuesday, 20 March. Its epicenter was near Ometepec, in the border between the states of Guerrero and Oaxaca. With a shallow focus of 20 km, the earthquake caused strong shaking over a large area along the Oaxaca–Guerrero border and the adjacent Pacific coastline.

2012 Guerrero–Oaxaca earthquake
2012 Guerrero–Oaxaca earthquake · Carport, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
When
20 Mar 2012
Where
Mexico
Era
Contemporary

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