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Earthquake-induced debris flows at Popocatépetl Volcano, Mexico
Facoltà di Scienze e Tecnologie, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy
now at: Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Padova, Italy
Lucia Capra
Centro de Geociencias, Campus Juriquilla, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de
México, Querétaro, México
Gianluca Norini
Istituto di Geologia Ambientale e Geoingegneria, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Milan, Italy
Norma Dávila
Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores, Campus Juriquilla, Universidad Nacional
Autónoma de México, Querétaro, México
Dolors Ferrés
Escuela Nacional de Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad Nacional
Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, México
Víctor Hugo Márquez-Ramírez
Centro de Geociencias, Campus Juriquilla, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de
México, Querétaro, México
Eduard Pico
Centro de Geociencias, Campus Juriquilla, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de
México, Querétaro, México
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Short summary
The Puebla–Morelos earthquake (19 September 2017) was the most damaging event in central Mexico since 1985. The seismic shaking produced hundreds of shallow landslides on the slopes of Popocatépetl Volcano. The larger landslides transformed into large debris flows that travelled for kilometers. We describe this exceptional mass wasting cascade and its predisposing factors, which have important implications for both the evolution of the volcanic edifice and hazard assessment.
The Puebla–Morelos earthquake (19 September 2017) was the most damaging event in central Mexico...
