Playa Azul, Michoacán

Playa Azul
City
Playa Azul is located in Michoacán
Playa Azul
Playa Azul
Location of Playa Azul in Mexico
Playa Azul is located in Mexico
Playa Azul
Playa Azul
Playa Azul (Mexico)
Coordinates: 17°58′57″N 102°21′08″W / 17.98250°N 102.35222°W / 17.98250; -102.35222
CountryMexico
StateMichoacán
MunicipalityLázaro Cárdenas
Elevation
[1]
2 m (7 ft)
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total
3,139
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central)

Playa Azul (en: Blue Beach) is a beachside town in the Mexican state of Michoacán. The city lives from tourism and fishing. It is the southern terminus of Federal Highway 37, which connects it with the state of San Luis Potosí.[2]

The town was the epicentre of the Playa Azul earthquake, a magnitude Mw 7.2 (Ms 7.3) quake that struck on 24 October 1981.[3][4]

The town was featured in the 2021 racing game Forza Horizon 5.[citation needed]


Beach at Playa Azul

References

  1. ^ a b "Principales resultados por localidad 2010 (ITER)". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. 2010. Archived from the original on 20 April 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Datos Viales de Michoacán" (PDF) (in Spanish). Dirección General de Servicios Técnicos, Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. 2011. pp. 4, 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  3. ^ Engdahl, E.R.; Villaseñor A. (2002). "Global seismicity: 1900–1999" (PDF). In Lee W.H.K.; Kanamori H.; Jennings P.; Kissinger K. (eds.). International Handbook of Earthquake Engineering Seismology, Part A. Vol. 81A. International Association of Seismology and Physics of Earth's Interiors. p. 684.
  4. ^ United States Geological Survey (5 January 2010). "Significant Earthquakes of the World 1981". Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.


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