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List of earthquakes in Mexico

August 24, 2023

This is a partial list of earthquakes in Mexico. This list considers every notable earthquake felt or with its epicenter within Mexico's current borders and maritime areas.

Map of earthquakes in Mexico from 1900 to 2022
Seismic hazard risk in Mexico
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Location of M 8.0+ earthquakes in Mexico with year of occurrence

Geology

Mexico lies within two seismically active earthquake zones. The Baja California peninsula lies near the boundary of the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate, while southern Mexico lies just north of the boundary between the North American Plate and the Cocos and Rivera tectonic plates. The Cocos Plate is subducting under the North American Plate at a rate of 67 mm (0.220 ft) per year, while the Pacific and Rivera plates are moving northwest relative to the North American Plate. Southern Mexico also contains numerous faults, which causes that section of the country to have high tectonic activity. Northeastern Mexico and the Yucatan Peninsula are not as seismically active as the area close to the boundary between the North American and Cocos plates, but destructive earthquakes can still occur in those areas.

Earthquakes

Date Area Mag. MMI Deaths Injuries Total damage / notes Ref
2022-09-22 Michoacán 6.8 Mw  VII 3 5 Aftershock
2022-09-19 Michoacán 7.6 Mw  VIII 2 35 Severe damage [1]
2022-06-21 Jalisco 2.4 Mw  Severe damage [2][3]
2022-03-03 Veracruz 5.7 Mw  IV Minor damage [4][5]
2021-09-07 Guerrero 7.0 Mw VIII 13 23 Three missing, damage to 8,700 buildings
2020-06-23 Oaxaca 7.4 Mw IX 10 25
2018-02-16 Oaxaca 7.2 Mw VII 14 17 Most of casualties after a helicopter crash
2017-09-23 Oaxaca 6.1 Mw VII 6 7 7,000 displaced [6][7][8]
2017-09-19 Mexico City, Morelos, Puebla 7.1 Mw VIII 370 6,011
2017-09-07 Chiapas, Oaxaca 8.2 Mw IX 98 300 Tsunami
2015-11-23 Guerrero 5.5 Mw IV 2 [9]
2014-07-07 Chiapas 6.9 Mw VII 5 12
2014-05-08 Guerrero 6.6 Mw VII
2014-04-18 Guerrero 7.2 Mw VII 1
2012-03-20 Guerrero, Oaxaca 7.4 Mw VIII 2 11
2011-12-10 Guerrero 6.5 Mw VII 3 10
2011-05-05 Guerrero 5.7 Mw VI
2010-06-30 Oaxaca 6.2 Mw 1
2010-04-04 Baja California 7.2 Mw VII 2–4 100–233 $1.15 billion
2009-04-27 Guerrero 5.8 Mw V 3 Four houses destroyed [10][11]
2003-01-22 Colima 7.5 Mw VIII 29 300 Severe / tsunami
1999-12-29 Guerrero 5.9 Mw  V 1 Minor damage [12]
1999-09-30 Oaxaca 7.4 Mw VIII 35
1999-06-15 Puebla 7.0 Mw VIII 14 200 MXN $200,000,000 [13]
1997-01-11 Michoacán 7.2 Mw VIII 1 Damage at Arteaga [14]
1995-10-21 Chiapas 7.1 Mw VI
1995-10-09 Colima, Jalisco 8.0 Mw VIII 49–58 100 Tsunami
1995-09-14 Guerrero 7.4 Mw VII 3
1989-04-25 Guerrero 6.9 Mw VII 3 6–350 [15][16]
1985-09-19 Michoacán, Mexico City 8.0 Mw IX 5,000–45,000 30,000 Extreme / tsunami
1981-10-25 Michoacán 7.2 Mw 3
1980-10-24 Oaxaca 7.2 Mw IX 65–300+ Many $5 million
1979-10-15 Baja California 6.4 Mw IX 91
1979-03-14 Guerrero 7.6 Mw VIII 5 35
1973-08-28 Puebla, Veracruz 7.1 ML VIII 539–1,000 Thousands Severe
1973-01-30 Colima 7.5 Ms 56 390 Moderate / non-destructive tsunami [17]
1968-08-02 Guerrero, Oaxaca 7.3 VII
1965-08-23 Oaxaca 7.5 Mw 6
1964-07-06 Guerrero 7.4 Ms IX 40
1959-08-26 Veracruz 6.4 Mw VIII 25 200 Severe
1957-07-28 Guerrero, Mexico City 7.9 Ms VII 54–160 Many Extreme / tsunami [18]
1941-04-15 Colima 7.6 Mw IX 90
1937-07-26 Puebla, Veracruz 7.3 Ms IX 34
1932-06-22 Colima 7.0 Mw VIII Tsunami
1932-06-18 Colima 7.8 Mw VIII Tsunami
1932-06-03 Jalisco 8.1 Mw X 400 Tsunami
1931-01-15 Oaxaca 7.8 Mw X 114
1920-01-03 Puebla, Veracruz 6.4 Ms X–XII 648–4,000 167 [19]
1912-11-19 State of Mexico 7.0 VIII 140 [20]
1911-12-16 Guerrero 7.6 IX
1911-06-07 Michoacán 7.6 IX 45
1909-07-30 Guerrero 7.6 IX
1907-04-15 Guerrero 7.7 VIII
1900-01-20 Colima 7.4 VII
1899-01-24 Guerrero 7.5 VII
1897-06-05 Oaxaca 7.4 VII
1894-11-02 Guerrero, Oaxaca 7.4 VIII
1892-02-24 Baja California 7.1–7.2 X 0
1890-12-02 Guerrero, Oaxaca 7.3 VII
1889-09-06 Guerrero 7.1 VI
1887-05-29 Guerrero 7.3 VIII
1887-05-03 Sonora 7.6 Mw 51
1882-07-19 Guerrero, Oaxaca 7.5 IX
1879-05-17 Puebla 7.1 VIII
1875-03-09 Colima, Jalisco 7.4 VII
1875-02-11 Jalisco 7.5 VIII
1874-03-16 Guerrero 7.3 VII
1872-03-27 Oaxaca 7.4 VI
1870-05-11 Oaxaca 7.8 IX
1864-10-03 Puebla, Veracruz 7.3 VIII
1858-06-19 Michoacán 7.5 IX "Temblor de Santa Juliana" [21]
1854-05-05 Oaxaca 7.7 VIII
1852-12-04 Acapulco 7.8
1845-04-07 Guerrero 7.9 Ms "Temblor de Santa Teresa" [22][21]
1852-11-29 Baja California 6.5 MLa IX [23]
1845-03-09 Oaxaca 7.5 VII
1837-11-22 Jalisco 7.7 IX
1835-01-06 State of Mexico VII?
1820-05-04 Guerrero 7.6 VII
1818-05-31 Colima, Michoacán 7.7 VIII
1806-03-25 Colima, Michoacán 7.5 Ms [22]
1800-03-08 Central, Eastern, and Southeastern VII
1787-03-28 Guerrero, Oaxaca, Mexico City 8.6 Mw Severe / tsunami
1776-04-21 Mexico City, Southern VIII
Stover & Coffman 1993 uses various seismic scales. MLa is a local magnitude that is equivalent to ML (Richter magnitude scale) and is used for events that occurred prior to the instrumental period. It is based on the area of perceptibility (as presented on isoseismal maps). Mw = moment magnitude scale and Ms = surface wave magnitude. The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand alone articles. The principles described are also applicable to lists. In summary, only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "M 7.6 - 37 km SE of Aquila, Mexico". 19 September 2022.
  2. ^ National Autonomous University of Mexico (1998), Earthquake Catalog (in Mexican Spanish), National Seismological Service, doi:10.21766/SSNMX/EC/MX
  3. ^ "Falla en Ciudad Guzmán deja 102 casas afectadas, 22 de ellas no habitables". NotiespacioPV (in Spanish). 22 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  4. ^ "M 5.7 - Veracruz, Mexico". earthquake.usgs.gov.
  5. ^ "Reportan daños en escuela de Coatepec tras sismo". palabrasclaras.mx (in Spanish). 2 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Suman cuatro muertos en Oaxaca por sismo de ayer sábado - Matutinazo" [There are four deaths in Oaxaca due to an earthquake on Saturday - Matutinazo]. Matutinazo (in Mexican Spanish). September 24, 2017. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  7. ^ "Tras el sismo, fallecen dos mujeres por infarto en la CDMX" [After the earthquake, two women died of heart attack in the CDMX]. Excélsior (in Spanish). September 23, 2017. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  8. ^ "Oaxaca: Damnificadas del sismo del 23 de septiembre de 2017 tejen muñecas "con causa" | Fotos" [Oaxaca: Victims of the earthquake of September 23, 2017 weave dolls "with a cause" | Photos]. La Neta Neta! (in Mexican Spanish). September 23, 2019. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
  9. ^ "El pequeño terremoto de 5,6 que dejó dos muertos en México" [The small earthquake of 5.6 that left two dead in Mexico]. BBC (in Spanish). November 24, 2015. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
  10. ^ "Sismo deja una persona muerta en Guerrero" [Earthquake leaves a person dead in Guerrero]. El Universal (in Spanish). April 27, 2009. Archived from the original on May 24, 2012. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
  11. ^ . Deseret News. April 28, 2009. Archived from the original on October 16, 2012. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
  12. ^ "M 5.9 - 19 km WSW of Guayameo, Mexico". earthquake.usgs.gov.
  13. ^ "Puebla, a 18 años del terremoto de 1999" [Puebla, 18 years after the earthquake of 1999]. El Popular (in Spanish). June 15, 2016.
  14. ^ USGS. "M 7.2 - Michoacan, Mexico". United States Geological Survey.
  15. ^ ANSS. "Guerrero 1989 : M 6.9 - Guerrero, Mexico". Comprehensive Catalog. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  16. ^ USGS (4 September 2009), PAGER-CAT Earthquake Catalog, Version 2008_06.1, United States Geological Survey
  17. ^ NGDC 1972
  18. ^ NGDC 1972
  19. ^ NGDC 1972
  20. ^ Zúñiga, F.R.; Pacheco, J.F.; Guzmán-Speziale, M.; Aguirre-Dı́az, G.J.; Espı́ndola, V.H.; Nava, E. (2003). "The Sanfandila earthquake sequence of 1998, Queretaro, Mexico: activation of an undocumented fault in the northern edge of central Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt". Tectonophysics. 361 (3–4): 229–238. Bibcode:2003Tectp.361..229Z. doi:10.1016/S0040-1951(02)00606-6.
  21. ^ a b "19th century earthquakes in Mexico: three cases, three comparative studies" by América Molina del Villar
  22. ^ a b Singh, S. K.; Astiz, L.; Havskov, J. (1981), "Seismic gaps and recurrence periods of large earthquakes along the Mexican subduction zone: A reexamination", Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Seismological Society of America, 71 (3): 828, Bibcode:1981BuSSA..71..827S, doi:10.1785/BSSA0710030827
  23. ^ Stover, C. W.; Coffman, J. L. (1993), Seismicity of the United States, 1568–1989 (Revised), U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1527, United States Government Printing Office, pp. 72, 101

References

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This is a partial list of earthquakes in Mexico This list considers every notable earthquake felt or with its epicenter within Mexico s current borders and maritime areas Map of earthquakes in Mexico from 1900 to 2022Seismic hazard risk in Mexico20171995198519321787class notpageimage Location of M 8 0 earthquakes in Mexico with year of occurrence Contents 1 Geology 2 Earthquakes 3 See also 4 Notes 5 ReferencesGeology EditMexico lies within two seismically active earthquake zones The Baja California peninsula lies near the boundary of the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate while southern Mexico lies just north of the boundary between the North American Plate and the Cocos and Rivera tectonic plates The Cocos Plate is subducting under the North American Plate at a rate of 67 mm 0 220 ft per year while the Pacific and Rivera plates are moving northwest relative to the North American Plate Southern Mexico also contains numerous faults which causes that section of the country to have high tectonic activity Northeastern Mexico and the Yucatan Peninsula are not as seismically active as the area close to the boundary between the North American and Cocos plates but destructive earthquakes can still occur in those areas Earthquakes EditDate Area Mag MMI Deaths Injuries Total damage notes Ref2022 09 22 Michoacan 6 8 Mw VII 3 5 Aftershock2022 09 19 Michoacan 7 6 Mw VIII 2 35 Severe damage 1 2022 06 21 Jalisco 2 4 Mw Severe damage 2 3 2022 03 03 Veracruz 5 7 Mw IV Minor damage 4 5 2021 09 07 Guerrero 7 0 Mw VIII 13 23 Three missing damage to 8 700 buildings2020 06 23 Oaxaca 7 4 Mw IX 10 252018 02 16 Oaxaca 7 2 Mw VII 14 17 Most of casualties after a helicopter crash2017 09 23 Oaxaca 6 1 Mw VII 6 7 7 000 displaced 6 7 8 2017 09 19 Mexico City Morelos Puebla 7 1 Mw VIII 370 6 0112017 09 07 Chiapas Oaxaca 8 2 Mw IX 98 300 Tsunami2015 11 23 Guerrero 5 5 Mw IV 2 9 2014 07 07 Chiapas 6 9 Mw VII 5 122014 05 08 Guerrero 6 6 Mw VII2014 04 18 Guerrero 7 2 Mw VII 12012 03 20 Guerrero Oaxaca 7 4 Mw VIII 2 112011 12 10 Guerrero 6 5 Mw VII 3 102011 05 05 Guerrero 5 7 Mw VI2010 06 30 Oaxaca 6 2 Mw 12010 04 04 Baja California 7 2 Mw VII 2 4 100 233 1 15 billion2009 04 27 Guerrero 5 8 Mw V 3 Four houses destroyed 10 11 2003 01 22 Colima 7 5 Mw VIII 29 300 Severe tsunami1999 12 29 Guerrero 5 9 Mw V 1 Minor damage 12 1999 09 30 Oaxaca 7 4 Mw VIII 351999 06 15 Puebla 7 0 Mw VIII 14 200 MXN 200 000 000 13 1997 01 11 Michoacan 7 2 Mw VIII 1 Damage at Arteaga 14 1995 10 21 Chiapas 7 1 Mw VI1995 10 09 Colima Jalisco 8 0 Mw VIII 49 58 100 Tsunami1995 09 14 Guerrero 7 4 Mw VII 31989 04 25 Guerrero 6 9 Mw VII 3 6 350 15 16 1985 09 19 Michoacan Mexico City 8 0 Mw IX 5 000 45 000 30 000 Extreme tsunami1981 10 25 Michoacan 7 2 Mw 31980 10 24 Oaxaca 7 2 Mw IX 65 300 Many 5 million1979 10 15 Baja California 6 4 Mw IX 911979 03 14 Guerrero 7 6 Mw VIII 5 351973 08 28 Puebla Veracruz 7 1 ML VIII 539 1 000 Thousands Severe1973 01 30 Colima 7 5 Ms 56 390 Moderate non destructive tsunami 17 1968 08 02 Guerrero Oaxaca 7 3 VII1965 08 23 Oaxaca 7 5 Mw 61964 07 06 Guerrero 7 4 Ms IX 401959 08 26 Veracruz 6 4 Mw VIII 25 200 Severe1957 07 28 Guerrero Mexico City 7 9 Ms VII 54 160 Many Extreme tsunami 18 1941 04 15 Colima 7 6 Mw IX 901937 07 26 Puebla Veracruz 7 3 Ms IX 341932 06 22 Colima 7 0 Mw VIII Tsunami1932 06 18 Colima 7 8 Mw VIII Tsunami1932 06 03 Jalisco 8 1 Mw X 400 Tsunami1931 01 15 Oaxaca 7 8 Mw X 1141920 01 03 Puebla Veracruz 6 4 Ms X XII 648 4 000 167 19 1912 11 19 State of Mexico 7 0 VIII 140 20 1911 12 16 Guerrero 7 6 IX1911 06 07 Michoacan 7 6 IX 451909 07 30 Guerrero 7 6 IX1907 04 15 Guerrero 7 7 VIII1900 01 20 Colima 7 4 VII1899 01 24 Guerrero 7 5 VII1897 06 05 Oaxaca 7 4 VII1894 11 02 Guerrero Oaxaca 7 4 VIII1892 02 24 Baja California 7 1 7 2 X 01890 12 02 Guerrero Oaxaca 7 3 VII1889 09 06 Guerrero 7 1 VI1887 05 29 Guerrero 7 3 VIII1887 05 03 Sonora 7 6 Mw 511882 07 19 Guerrero Oaxaca 7 5 IX1879 05 17 Puebla 7 1 VIII1875 03 09 Colima Jalisco 7 4 VII1875 02 11 Jalisco 7 5 VIII1874 03 16 Guerrero 7 3 VII1872 03 27 Oaxaca 7 4 VI1870 05 11 Oaxaca 7 8 IX1864 10 03 Puebla Veracruz 7 3 VIII1858 06 19 Michoacan 7 5 IX Temblor de Santa Juliana 21 1854 05 05 Oaxaca 7 7 VIII1852 12 04 Acapulco 7 81845 04 07 Guerrero 7 9 Ms Temblor de Santa Teresa 22 21 1852 11 29 Baja California 6 5 MLa IX 23 1845 03 09 Oaxaca 7 5 VII1837 11 22 Jalisco 7 7 IX1835 01 06 State of Mexico VII 1820 05 04 Guerrero 7 6 VII1818 05 31 Colima Michoacan 7 7 VIII1806 03 25 Colima Michoacan 7 5 Ms 22 1800 03 08 Central Eastern and Southeastern VII1787 03 28 Guerrero Oaxaca Mexico City 8 6 Mw Severe tsunami1776 04 21 Mexico City Southern VIIIStover amp Coffman 1993 uses various seismic scales MLa is a local magnitude that is equivalent to ML Richter magnitude scale and is used for events that occurred prior to the instrumental period It is based on the area of perceptibility as presented on isoseismal maps Mw moment magnitude scale and Ms surface wave magnitude The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes notability guideline that was developed for stand alone articles The principles described are also applicable to lists In summary only damaging injurious or deadly events should be recorded See also EditGeography of MexicoNotes Edit M 7 6 37 km SE of Aquila Mexico 19 September 2022 National Autonomous University of Mexico 1998 Earthquake Catalog in Mexican Spanish National Seismological Service doi 10 21766 SSNMX EC MX Falla en Ciudad Guzman deja 102 casas afectadas 22 de ellas no habitables NotiespacioPV in Spanish 22 June 2022 Retrieved 23 June 2022 M 5 7 Veracruz Mexico earthquake usgs gov Reportan danos en escuela de Coatepec tras sismo palabrasclaras mx in Spanish 2 March 2022 Retrieved 4 March 2022 Suman cuatro muertos en Oaxaca por sismo de ayer sabado Matutinazo There are four deaths in Oaxaca due to an earthquake on Saturday Matutinazo Matutinazo in Mexican Spanish September 24 2017 Retrieved September 24 2017 Tras el sismo fallecen dos mujeres por infarto en la CDMX After the earthquake two women died of heart attack in the CDMX Excelsior in Spanish September 23 2017 Retrieved September 23 2017 Oaxaca Damnificadas del sismo del 23 de septiembre de 2017 tejen munecas con causa Fotos Oaxaca Victims of the earthquake of September 23 2017 weave dolls with a cause Photos La Neta Neta in Mexican Spanish September 23 2019 Retrieved April 17 2022 El pequeno terremoto de 5 6 que dejo dos muertos en Mexico The small earthquake of 5 6 that left two dead in Mexico BBC in Spanish November 24 2015 Retrieved April 17 2022 Sismo deja una persona muerta en Guerrero Earthquake leaves a person dead in Guerrero El Universal in Spanish April 27 2009 Archived from the original on May 24 2012 Retrieved April 17 2022 Mexico Earthquake Deseret News April 28 2009 Archived from the original on October 16 2012 Retrieved April 17 2022 M 5 9 19 km WSW of Guayameo Mexico earthquake usgs gov Puebla a 18 anos del terremoto de 1999 Puebla 18 years after the earthquake of 1999 El Popular in Spanish June 15 2016 USGS M 7 2 Michoacan Mexico United States Geological Survey ANSS Guerrero 1989 M 6 9 Guerrero Mexico Comprehensive Catalog U S Geological Survey Retrieved January 27 2021 USGS 4 September 2009 PAGER CAT Earthquake Catalog Version 2008 06 1 United States Geological Survey NGDC 1972 NGDC 1972 NGDC 1972 Zuniga F R Pacheco J F Guzman Speziale M Aguirre Di az G J Espi ndola V H Nava E 2003 The Sanfandila earthquake sequence of 1998 Queretaro Mexico activation of an undocumented fault in the northern edge of central Trans Mexican Volcanic Belt Tectonophysics 361 3 4 229 238 Bibcode 2003Tectp 361 229Z doi 10 1016 S0040 1951 02 00606 6 a b 19th century earthquakes in Mexico three cases three comparative studies by America Molina del Villar a b Singh S K Astiz L Havskov J 1981 Seismic gaps and recurrence periods of large earthquakes along the Mexican subduction zone A reexamination Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America Seismological Society of America 71 3 828 Bibcode 1981BuSSA 71 827S doi 10 1785 BSSA0710030827 Stover C W Coffman J L 1993 Seismicity of the United States 1568 1989 Revised U S Geological Survey Professional Paper 1527 United States Government Printing Office pp 72 101References EditNGDC 1972 Significant Earthquake Database Data Set National Geophysical Data Center NOAA doi 10 7289 V5TD9V7K Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of earthquakes in Mexico amp oldid 1152949921, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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