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1973 Veracruz earthquake, the Glossary

The 1973 Veracruz earthquake, also known as El Terremoto de Orizaba, occurred at 3:50 a.m. local time (9:50 GMT) on August 28, 1973, with the epicenter located in the vicinity of Ciudad Serdán in the Mexican state of Puebla.^[1]

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Acultzingo

Acultzingo is a municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz.

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Aridity

Aridity is the condition of a region that severely lacks available water, to the extent of hindering or preventing the growth and development of plant and animal life.

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California Institute of Technology

The California Institute of Technology (branded as Caltech) is a private research university in Pasadena, California.

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Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.

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Camerino Z. Mendoza (municipality)

Camerino Z. Mendoza is a municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz.

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Córdoba, Veracruz

Córdoba, known officially as Heroica Córdoba, is a city and the seat of the municipality of the same name in the Mexican state of Veracruz.

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Ciudad Serdán

Ciudad Serdán (formerly San Andrés Chalchicomula) is the municipal seat of Chalchicomula de Sesma Municipality in the Mexican state of Puebla.

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Epicenter

The epicenter, epicentre, or epicentrum in seismology is the point on the Earth's surface directly above a hypocenter or focus, the point where an earthquake or an underground explosion originates.

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International Seismological Centre

The International Seismological Centre (ISC) is a non-governmental, nonprofit organisation charged with the final collection, definitive analysis and publication of global seismicity.

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Ixtaczoquitlán

Ixtaczoquitlán is a town in the Mexican state of Veracruz near the city of Orizaba.

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List of earthquakes in 1973

This is a list of earthquakes in 1973. 1973 Veracruz earthquake and list of earthquakes in 1973 are 1973 earthquakes.

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List of earthquakes in Mexico

This is a partial list of earthquakes in Mexico. 1973 Veracruz earthquake and list of earthquakes in Mexico are earthquakes in Mexico.

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List of states of Mexico

The states are the first-level administrative divisions of Mexico, which is officially named the United Mexican States.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.

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Mexico

Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.

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Modified Mercalli intensity scale

The Modified Mercalli intensity scale (MM, MMI, or MCS) measures the effects of an earthquake at a given location.

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Moment magnitude scale

The moment magnitude scale (MMS; denoted explicitly with M or or Mwg, and generally implied with use of a single M for magnitude) is a measure of an earthquake's magnitude ("size" or strength) based on its seismic moment.

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Municipalities of Puebla

Puebla is a state in central Mexico that is divided into 217 municipalities.

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National Geophysical Data Center

The United States National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) provided scientific stewardship, products and services for geophysical data describing the solid earth, marine, and solar-terrestrial environment, as well as earth observations from space.

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (abbreviated as NOAA) is a US scientific and regulatory agency charged with forecasting weather, monitoring oceanic and atmospheric conditions, charting the seas, conducting deep-sea exploration, and managing fishing and protection of marine mammals and endangered species in the US exclusive economic zone.

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Orizaba

Orizaba (Otomi) is a city and municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz.

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Pico de Orizaba

Pico de Orizaba, also known as Citlaltépetl (from Nahuatl citlal(in).

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Puebla

Puebla (colony, settlement), officially Free and Sovereign State of Puebla (Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico.

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Rain shadow

A rain shadow is an area of significantly reduced rainfall behind a mountainous region, on the side facing away from prevailing winds, known as its leeward side.

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Río Blanco, Veracruz

Río Blanco is a municipality located in the montane central zone of the Mexican state of Veracruz, about 140 km from the state capital Xalapa.

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Search and rescue

Search and rescue (SAR) is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger.

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Tlacotepec de Benito Juárez

Tlacotepec de Benito Juárez (municipality) is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Puebla in south-eastern Mexico.

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United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the United States government whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology.

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Veracruz

Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, officially the Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico.

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Zongolica

Zongolica is a city and its surrounding municipality located in the south of the Mexican state of Veracruz, about 100 km from the state capital Xalapa.

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1999 Tehuacán earthquake

The 1999 Tehuacán earthquake, or the 1999 Central Mexico earthquake, occurred on June 15 at 15:42 local time (20:42 UTC) near Tehuacán, Puebla, Mexico, close to the state of Oaxaca. 1973 Veracruz earthquake and 1999 Tehuacán earthquake are earthquakes in Mexico.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Veracruz_earthquake