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Research article
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21 Nov 2018
Research article |
| 21 Nov 2018
| 21 Nov 2018
Active faults sources for the Pátzcuaro–Acambay fault system (Mexico): fractal analysis of slip rates and magnitudes Mw estimated from fault length
Avith Mendoza-Ponce
Posgrado en Ciencias de la Tierra, Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores, UNAM, Antigua
Carretera a Pátzcuaro No. 8701, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
Centro Mexicano de Innovación en Energía Geotérmica (CeMIE-Geo) – Proyecto 17,
Carretera Tijuana-Ensenada No. 3918, Zona Playitas, 22860, Ensenada, Baja California., Mexico
Angel Figueroa-Soto
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
CONACyT – Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad
Michoacana de San Nicolás Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
Centro Mexicano de Innovación en Energía Geotérmica (CeMIE-Geo) – Proyecto 17,
Carretera Tijuana-Ensenada No. 3918, Zona Playitas, 22860, Ensenada, Baja California., Mexico
Diana Soria-Caballero
Posgrado en Ciencias de la Tierra, Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores, UNAM, Antigua
Carretera a Pátzcuaro No. 8701, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
Centro Mexicano de Innovación en Energía Geotérmica (CeMIE-Geo) – Proyecto 17,
Carretera Tijuana-Ensenada No. 3918, Zona Playitas, 22860, Ensenada, Baja California., Mexico
Víctor Hugo Garduño-Monroy
Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad Michoacana de
San Nicolás Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
Centro Mexicano de Innovación en Energía Geotérmica (CeMIE-Geo) – Proyecto 17,
Carretera Tijuana-Ensenada No. 3918, Zona Playitas, 22860, Ensenada, Baja California., Mexico
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- Effects of Pleistocene to Holocene seismicity on the landforms and fluvial-lacustrine sequences of the Ixtlahuaca paleobasin, and their possible relation with the Acambay graben: Implications for the seismic hazard assessment of central Mexico M. Velázquez-Bucio et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2021.103336
- Seismic Site Response Using Microtremor Observations in Morelia, Michoacán, México A. Figueroa-Soto et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-025-03776-1
- Not all DEMs are equal: An evaluation of six globally available 30 m resolution DEMs with geodetic benchmarks and LiDAR in Mexico J. Carrera-Hernández https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2021.112474
- Origin of fluids in the Araró-Simirao geothermal system, Central Mexico I. Pérez-Martínez et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gexplo.2024.107637
- Entablature jointing in cooling lava domes and small shields at the Michoacán-Guanajuato Volcanic Field: Characterization of the 3.32 Ma Leonera small-shield volcano M. Gómez-Vasconcelos et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2026.106023
- Geomorphic characterization of faults as earthquake sources in the Cuitzeo Lake basin, central México M. Gómez-Vasconcelos et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2021.103196
- Visibility Graph Analysis of the Seismic Activity of Three Areas of the Cocos Plate Mexican Subduction Where the Last Three Large Earthquakes (M > 7) Occurred in 2017 and 2022 A. Ramírez-Rojas et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/e25050799
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- Identification of trends in the Tancítaro-Parícutin seismic swarm sequence through fractal characteristics of inter-event times A. Mendoza-Rosas et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10950-024-10198-4
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This research carries out an investigation of the dynamics of the Pátzcuaro–Acambay fault system in central Mexico. We use a fractal analysis of slip rates and magnitudes Mw, estimated from fault length to define faults that are susceptible of generating earthquakes. We found that 316 faults are active and moreover the existence of three zones with different deformation processes. The implications of this new micro-regionalization are very important in order to reduce seismic hazard.
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