The Quaternary Acoculco (<2.7 my) and Los Humeros (<46 ky) calderas, located in the eastern sector of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt (TMVB), are separated by a regional structure known as the Chignahuapan Horst (ChH). The tectonic and magmatic evolution of the ChH comprises four stages: 1) Upper Cretaceous-Paleocene Laramide orogeny, related to the deformation of sedimentary successions; 2) a sedimentary hiatus followed by the initial stage of the TMVB (Middle Miocene); 3) a Miocene NE-SW oriented extension responsible for the NW-SE normal faults that controlled the volcanic processes and the emplacement of calc-alkaline magmas that formed the Aquixtla sequence; 4) a magmatic hiatus prolonged until 1.6 ± 0.15 my; 5) Pliocene-Quaternary normal faults controlled the emplacement of tholeiitic-transitional magmas and the monogenetic volcanism distribution that formed the Apizaco-Chignahuapan sequence.

Coevally to the Miocene NE-SW and Pliocene-Quaternary NW-SE tectonic extensional phases, NE-SW and NW-SE transfer faults were developed. NE-SW normal faults and NW-SE strike-slip faults correspond to fault systems optimally oriented with the current stress field, thus, these faults can be considered as potentially active structures controlling magma emplacement and the distribution of volcanic structures at the surface.

位于跨墨西哥火山带 (TMVB) 东部的第四纪 Acoculco (<2.7 my) 和 Los Humeros (<46 ky) 火山口被称为 Chignahuapan Horst (ChH) 的区域结构隔开。ChH的构造和岩浆演化包括四个阶段：1）上白垩统-古新世拉拉米德造山运动，与沉积层序变形有关；2) 一个沉积间断，随后是 TMVB（中中新世）的初始阶段；3) 中新世 NE-SW 取向的延伸，负责控制火山过程和形成 Aquixtla 层序的钙碱性岩浆的侵位的 NW-SE 正断层；4) 岩浆中断延长至 1.6 ± 0.15 my；

与中新世 NE-SW 和上新世-第四纪 NW-SE 构造伸展相同时期，开发了 NE-SW 和 NW-SE 转移断层。NE-SW 正断层和 NW-SE 走滑断层对应于当前应力场最佳定向的断层系统，因此，这些断层可以被认为是控制岩浆侵位和地表火山结构分布的潜在活动结构。