Colonizers have always coveted the Gulf of Mexico: its trade winds, ports, fish and shellfish, its deep pockets of oil and gas far beneath a basin floor of crashed, tectonic plates. “This superb ...

Mexico has been hit by a 6.1 magnitude earthquake, in the area near Manzanillo, Colima, in the early hours of the morning.

Mexico’s geographic position makes it particularly susceptible to seismic activity, as it sits at the intersection of multiple tectonic plates, including the North American, Cocos, Pacific ...