{"id":38895,"date":"2021-09-10T07:42:04","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T07:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?p=38895"},"modified":"2021-09-10T07:42:04","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T07:42:04","slug":"guerrero-earthquake-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2021\/09\/10\/guerrero-earthquake-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Landslides from the 7 September 2021 M=7.1 Guerrero earthquake in Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"

Landslides from the 7 September 2021 M=7.1 Guerrero earthquake in Mexico<\/h4>\n

In the evening of 7 September 2021 (local time) a M=7.1 earthquake struck close to the city of Acapulco<\/a>\u00a0in Mexico<\/a>.\u00a0 This event was shallow, leading to potentially high levels of damage in the worst affected areas.\u00a0 Wikipedia is calling this the 2021 Guerrero earthquake<\/a>, but time will tell as to whether this is adopted as the formal name for the event.<\/p>\n

At least three people were killed and 20 more were injured, a comparatively light toll for an event of this magnitude. Interestingly, one of the major impacts appears to have been landslides, although fortunately there are no known fatalities from these events.<\/p>\n

Some images are emerging of landslides triggered by this event.\u00a0 The best set I have found so far is in the Daily Sabah<\/a>, which has a gallery of images of the impacts of the earthquake, several of which show landslides:-<\/p>\n

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A major rockslide on a highway, triggered by the 7 September 2021 M=7.1 Guerrero earthquake in Mexico. Image by Reuters via the Daily Sabah.<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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A fill slope collapse on a road, triggered by the 7 September 2021 M=7.1 Guerrero earthquake in Mexico. Getty Images via the Daily Sabah.<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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Minor slope collapses in a residential hillside, triggered by the 7 September 2021 M=7.1 Guerrero earthquake in Mexico. Getty Images via the Daily Sabah.<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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Damage to a car triggered by a slope failure triggered by the 7 September 2021 M=7.1 Guerrero earthquake in Mexico. Image by Reuters via the Daily Sabah.<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

Given the topography and the scale of the earthquake, it seems likely that larger landslides will have occurred in the more remote mountainous areas of the epicentral zone.\u00a0 As yet I have not seen any images of such events, but it is likely that reconnaissance and fact-finding visits will be organised in the coming days. I would welcome any information that loyal readers can provide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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