The Jalisco region of western Mexico is the locus of interaction among the North America,
Cocos, and Rivera plates, giving rise to the Jalisco block. This region is one of the most
tectonically active in Mexico, and here took place the largest instrumentally recorded
earthquake in Mexico the twentieth century, on 3 June 1932 (M 8.2), three important
tsunamis in the last 100 yrs, and two of the most active volcanoes in Mexico. Nevertheless,
the first seismicity studies here, undertaken with temporary networks, did not commence until …

The Jalisco region of western Mexico is the locus of interaction among the North America,
Cocos, and Rivera plates, giving rise to the Jalisco block. This region is one of the most
tectonically active in Mexico, and here took place the largest instrumentally recorded
earthquake in Mexico the twentieth century, on 3 June 1932 (M 8.2), three important
tsunamis in the last 100 yrs, and two of the most active volcanoes in Mexico. Nevertheless,
the first seismicity studies here, undertaken with temporary networks, did not commence until …