Articles | Volume 14, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-14-529-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-14-529-2023
Research article
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23 May 2023
Research article |  | 23 May 2023

Probing environmental and tectonic changes underneath Mexico City with the urban seismic field

Laura A. Ermert, Enrique Cabral-Cano, Estelle Chaussard, Darío Solano-Rojas, Luis Quintanar, Diana Morales Padilla, Enrique A. Fernández-Torres, and Marine A. Denolle

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2022-1361', Anonymous Referee #1, 07 Feb 2023
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Laura Ermert, 24 Mar 2023
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Laura Ermert, 24 Mar 2023
  • RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2022-1361', Alicia Hotovec-Ellis, 16 Feb 2023
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Laura Ermert, 24 Mar 2023

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
AR by Laura Ermert on behalf of the Authors (24 Mar 2023)  Author's response   Manuscript 
EF by Sarah Buchmann (24 Mar 2023)  Author's tracked changes   Supplement 
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (24 Mar 2023) by Michal Malinowski
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (05 Apr 2023) by Susanne Buiter (Executive editor)
AR by Laura Ermert on behalf of the Authors (07 Apr 2023)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (13 Apr 2023) by Michal Malinowski
ED: Publish as is (17 Apr 2023) by Susanne Buiter (Executive editor)
AR by Laura Ermert on behalf of the Authors (20 Apr 2023)
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Short summary
Mexico City is built on a unique ground containing the clay-rich sediments of the ancient lake Texcoco. Continuous imperceptible shaking of these deposits by city traffic and other sources allows us to monitor changes in the subsurface seismic wave speed. Wave speed varies seasonally, likely due to temperature and rain effects; it temporarily drops after large earthquakes then starts to recover. Throughout the studied period, it increased on average, which may be related to soil compaction.