วันพุธที่ 20 กรกฎาคม พ.ศ. 2554

เกิดรอยร้าวไปทั่วเม็กซิโก


รอยร้าวยาว 500 เมตร ขนาดใหญ่ ที่เกิดขึ้นที่เม็กซิโก เมื่อ 13 กค. 54 ที่ผ่านมา

นอกจากรอยแยกนี้ ยังมีที่อื่นอีกไปทั่วทางภาคตะวันออกของเม็กซิโก

The crack that appeared July 13 on the grounds of St. Mary Huejoculco in Chalco, Estado de Mexico, reaches the thousand and 500 meters long and the authorities have not taken preventive measures, said James Hilario Espinoza, head of the Social Planning Project Sierra Nevada of the Autonomous Metropolitan University.
In addition, survey work after it was found that St. Mary Huejoculco out another crack about four kilometers reaches Tlapalan La Candelaria, in the community of Miraflores, in Chalco, the professor explained in an interview with Martin Espinosa for Image Group Multimedia.
These faults form part of a family of cracks that exist in the region and threatens to spread throughout the eastern Valley of Mexico, a result of overexploitation of the aquifer and the proliferation of housing developments.
PhotoGallery (Excelsior newspaper)



PersonalNote: Sinkhole reports and land subsidence in Mexico City have been appearing constantly in the last couple years, it is worth noting that an important part of the city has been built in what once was a lake.
Lake Texcoco Tenochtitlan (link to Google Images)