Tremor in Nuevo León Reveals Possible Threat: They Detect "El Corcovado" Failure in Low Seismic Monitoring Area

The recent 4.5 magnitude earthquake in Montemorelos put seismic faults back under the magnifying glass in northeastern Mexico. One of them is “El Corcovado”, a failure recently discovered by scientists from the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL) and the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), headed by Dr. Juan Carlos Montalvo-Arrieta. They discover geologic failure in Nuevo León This geological structure, located south of Doctor …