Its epicenter was located on the convergent boundary between the Pacific and Cocos tectonic plates.
California is next to the Mexico border.
no but gulf of Mexico had an oil spill
The state of New Mexico is located in the southwestern United States, along the U.S.-Mexico border. Mexico (the country) on the other hand, is along the southern boundary of the United States, bordering California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.
Michael Reichle has written: 'Earthquake hazard and prediction in NW Mexico and California/Mexico border' -- subject(s): Earthquakes, Earthquake prediction
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The biggest earthquake reported in Mexico was the Mexico City Earthquake in 1985. It had a magnitude of 8.5, and caused about 10,000 deaths.
The Mexican War of 1846-48. When Texas joined the US in 1845, its boundary with Mexico was affirmed to be the Rio Grande River, but Mexico said the boundary was the Nueces River to the north of the Rio Grande. After the war began, the Rio Grande boundary was enforced as it has been to this day, and the US picked up six more states (California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, and Colorado) in the process.
Mexico had an earthquke in 2006
Mexico City Earthquake of July 28, 1957
The 1985 Mexico City earthquake, a magnitude 8.1 earthquake that struck Mexico on 19 September 1985 in the morning at 7:19 local time.
An earthquake, which devastated Mexico City.
Most of the Mexico-Belize border is defined by the Hondo River (Spanish: Rio Hondo).There is however, a Rio Hondo located in the US State of New Mexico, but it doesn't define any boundary with the country of Mexico.