The 3 May 1887 Sonoran Earthquake Revisited
Issue Date
2011-09-13Keywords
Arizona Geological Survey Open File ReportsRecent
Historical
Sierra Madres Mountains
San Bernardino Valley, Mexico
Douglas
Tucson
Southern Arizona
Sonora, Mexico
Pitaycachi faultseismic intensityvideohistorical seismicityseismic hazardsearthquake
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Pearthree, P.A., 2011, The 3 May 1887 Sonoran Earthquake Revisited. Arizona Geological Survey Open File Report, OFR-11-07, video. The ~ six minute video is available online at the Arizona Geological Survey's azgsweb's YouTube channel. http://www.youtube.com/user/azgsweb#p/a/u/0/2ifSYsTq-3APublisher
Arizona Geological Survey (Tucson, AZ)Description
On 3 May 1887, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake rippled across Sonora, Mexico, and southern Arizona. Phil Pearthree, Chief of the Environmental Geology division of the Arizona Geological Survey, revisits that event in this video. The earthquake killed dozens of people and damaged or destroyed several hundred structures. A similar event today would disturb and disrupt population centers in northern Sonora and southeastern Arizona and New Mexico. This ~ six minute video describes the physical and societal impacts of the estimated 7.2 magnitude Sonoran earthquake, which occurred on the Pitaycachi fault of the San Bernardino Valley, Sonora, Mexico.Additional Links
http://repository.azgs.az.gov/uri_gin/azgs/dlio/1291http://www.youtube.com/user/azgsweb#p/a/u/0/2ifSYsTq-3A