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Oscar Daniel Rivera González

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The following research article aims to study and publicize the crossing of information from seismic and transmission areas by COVID-19 for the implementation of management, coordination and attention in case of two events of such dimensions at the same time, which are directly related to the geography and geomorphology of the area, In this case, in Mexico City (CDMX), the COVID-19 pandemic, commonly known as Coronavirus, which affected the entire world and was considered a global emergency, is the central point regarding the neglect or lack of attention that the Mexican government and the general population have to these telluric episodes for attending to moments of pandemics; In past years, these natural phenomena have affected the Mexican Republic, deriving great affectations, such as the most recent and devastating seismic event for the CDMX that occurred on September 19, 2017, with a magnitude of 7.1 on the Richter scale, it is important to point out that in the midst of the pandemic in Mexico, on June 23, 2020, a phenomenon with greater characteristics than that of September 19 occurred, whose magnitude was 7.5 on the Richter scale, but fortunately much less devastating.
Based on the methodology used according to research articles, theories, state of the art, newspapers, official sources, informal interviews, photointerpretation and analysis based on obtaining cartography with an adequate level to understand the problems addressed in this article regarding the geographical totality of the CDMX, areas were located based on geographical characteristics in general, taking into account the high degree of contamination by COVID-19, These were analyzed to show evidence and results of the areas that are most vulnerable in case of collapse of architectural structures by earthquakes and areas of infection based on a precise and well-founded mapping, as a preliminary conclusion alert the Mexican government and general population to take real preventive measures and not just corrective, so that the population is aware at all times of possible environmental vulnerability in which they are living to two problems that occurred at the same time as they could be earthquakes and areas of infection by COVID-19.

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Rivera González, O. D. (2021). Seismic movements in times of pandemics, earthquake September 19, 2017 and COVID-19 February 27, 2020, CDMX, Mexico. Revista Geográfica, (163), 57–82. https://doi.org/10.35424/regeo.163.2021.787
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