Damage Picture Continues to Emerge after Earthquake Strikes Southwestern Mexico

OSTON, March 20, 2012 – According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 (according to the U.S. Geological Survey), struck a sparsely populated region in the state of Guerrero, Mexico today, just after noon (local time). The earthquake struck close to the border between Guerrero and the southern state of Oaxaca. The damage picture from this event is still emerging, but so far, no major damage (nor injury) has been reported. “The tectonic setting of western Oaxaca is shaped by the subduction of…

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