200を超えて

承前*1

墨西哥地震の続報。取り敢えずメモのみ。


Nina Lakhani “Mexico death toll rises as volunteers join frantic search for quake survivors” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/20/mexico-earthquake-volunteers-survivors-rescue
David Agren, Nina Lakhani, Rory Carroll and Sam Jones “At least 225 dead after powerful earthquake hits central Mexico” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/19/mexico-city-earthquake-anniversary-1985
David Agren “At least 20 children killed after quake reduces Mexico City school to rubble” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/20/children-killed--quake-reduces-mexico-city-school-to-rubble
David Agren “'They were buried': hope for children dims amid rubble of Mexico City school” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/20/mexico-city-earthquake-rescue-enrique-rebsamen-school


この倒壊したEnrique Rebsámen学校は今後、この地震の象徴として語り継がれていくのでは?


Hannah Devlin “Are the two Mexican earthquakes connected – and are more on the way?” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/20/are-the-two-mexican-earthquakes-connected-and-are-more-on-the-way


9月7日に起こった地震*2と今回の地震、どちらも同じ「ココス構造プレート(Cocos tectonic plate)」上で起こっている。この2つは連動しているのかという疑問が当然湧いてくるが、地震学者たちは2つは独立した現象であると見ているようだ。