Seismic history
Major earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and geological events in Mexico, 1900–2026, with sources and detailed information.
Total earthquakes
262
M5+
Strongest
M8.2
M7+ events
69
Tsunami events
17
| Date | Magnitude | Location | Depth | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-08 | 8.2 | 2017 Tehuantepec, Mexico Earthquake🌊 | 47 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1932-06-03 | 8.1 | 1932 Jalisco, Mexico Earthquake | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1995-10-09 | 8.0 | 1995 Colima-Jalisco, Mexico Earthquake | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1985-09-19 | 8.0 |
| 1985 Michoacan, Mexico Earthquake |
| 28 km |
| USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1928-06-17 | 8.0 | 15 km ESE of San Gabriel Mixtepec, Mexico | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1907-04-15 | 7.8 | 2 km NW of Teojomulco, Mexico | 30 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1902-09-23 | 7.8 | Central Chiapas, Mexico | - | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1915-09-07 | 7.7 | 12 km NW of Chalatenango, El Salvador | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1932-06-22 | 7.7 | 12 km NNE of La Central, Mexico | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1978-11-29 | 7.7 | 2 km ESE of San Agustín Loxicha, Mexico | 18 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2022-09-19 | 7.6 | 35 km SSW of Aguililla, Mexico🌊 | 27 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1931-01-15 | 7.6 | 5 km SSW of San Miguel Suchixtepec, Mexico | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1941-04-15 | 7.6 | 21 km ESE of Coalcomán de Vázquez Pallares, Mexico | 30 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2003-01-22 | 7.6 | 16 km SSW of Cuyutlán, Mexico | 24 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1957-07-28 | 7.6 | 8 km ENE of Apantla, Mexico | 38 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1911-06-07 | 7.6 | 19 km W of Arteaga, Mexico | 30 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1979-03-14 | 7.6 | 12 km SSE of Vallecitos de Zaragoza, Mexico | 49 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1985-09-21 | 7.6 | 7 km N of Pantla, Mexico | 31 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1928-10-09 | 7.5 | 6 km WSW of San Miguel Panixtlahuaca, Mexico | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1999-09-30 | 7.5 | 15 km W of San Baltazar Loxicha, Mexico | 61 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1909-07-30 | 7.5 | 27 km SSE of San Andrés Playa Encantada (El Podrido), Mexico | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1973-01-30 | 7.5 | 35 km SW of Aguililla, Mexico | 43 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1976-02-04 | 7.5 | 7 km N of Los Amates, Guatemala | 5 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1908-03-26 | 7.5 | 6 km S of Copala, Mexico | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1907-10-16 | 7.4 | 69 km SSW of La Libertad, Mexico | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1903-01-14 | 7.4 | Near the coast of Oaxaca, Mexico | - | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1937-12-23 | 7.4 | 3 km W of Huixtepec, Mexico | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1943-02-22 | 7.4 | 18 km SSW of Palos Blancos, Mexico | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1965-08-23 | 7.4 | 4 km NW of Santa María Zapotitlán, Mexico | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1995-09-14 | 7.4 | 5 km N of Azoyú, Mexico | 23 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2020-06-23 | 7.4 | 9 km SE of Santa María Xadani, Mexico🌊 | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2012-03-20 | 7.4 | 6 km E of Santiago Llano Grande, Mexico | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1935-12-14 | 7.3 | 4 km SSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2026-07-17 | 7.3 | 60 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico | 22 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1900-01-20 | 7.3 | Jalisco, Mexico | - | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1968-08-02 | 7.3 | 9 km WSW of La Humedad, Mexico | 30 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1970-04-29 | 7.3 | 34 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1981-10-25 | 7.3 | 7 km NNE of Petacalco, Mexico | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2009-05-28 | 7.3 | 46 km NW of Guanaja, Honduras | 19 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1906-04-10 | 7.3 | 61 km NNW of La Paz, Mexico | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1964-07-06 | 7.3 | 10 km SW of Villa Nicolás Bravo, Mexico | 93 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1954-04-29 | 7.2 | 94 km SSW of La Libertad, Mexico | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1914-03-30 | 7.2 | 127 km SW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1997-01-11 | 7.2 | 46 km WNW of El Habillal, Mexico | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1993-09-10 | 7.2 | 24 km W of Puerto Madero, Mexico | 34 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2018-02-16 | 7.2 | 4 km S of Pinotepa de Don Luis, Mexico🌊 | 22 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2014-04-18 | 7.2 | 9 km ENE of Coyuquilla Norte, Mexico🌊 | 24 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2010-04-04 | 7.2 | The 2010 Sierra El Mayor, B.C., Mexico Earthquake | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1939-05-02 | 7.2 | 92 km NNE of San Luis, Mexico | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1917-12-29 | 7.2 | 31 km S of San Francisco Cozoaltepec, Mexico | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1950-10-23 | 7.2 | 1 km NNW of Champerico, Guatemala | 65 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1921-02-04 | 7.1 | 32 km NE of Chajul, Guatemala | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1902-12-12 | 7.1 | Baja California, Mexico | - | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1901-12-09 | 7.1 | Gulf of California | - | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1996-02-25 | 7.1 | 24 km SSW of Santa María Chico Ometepec, Mexico | 21 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2017-09-19 | 7.1 | 1 km S of Matzaco, Mexico | 48 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1909-10-31 | 7.1 | 66 km SSW of Nuxco, Mexico | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1934-11-30 | 7.0 | 102 km SW of Barra de Navidad, Mexico | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1944-06-28 | 7.0 | 70 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1918-05-23 | 7.0 | 41 km SSW of Heroica Guaymas, Mexico | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1916-06-02 | 7.0 | 7 km N of Jesús Carranza, Mexico | 100 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1962-05-11 | 7.0 | 1 km SSW of Ejido Nuevo, Mexico | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2021-09-08 | 7.0 | Acapulco, Mexico🌊 | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1922-06-12 | 7.0 | 111 km SSW of Altata, Mexico | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1999-06-15 | 7.0 | 1 km SE of Texcala, Mexico | 70 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1986-04-30 | 7.0 | 41 km SSW of Aguililla, Mexico | 27 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1982-06-07 | 7.0 | 5 km NNW of San Juan Bautista Lo de Soto, Mexico | 34 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1983-12-02 | 7.0 | 25 km S of Champerico, Guatemala | 67 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2012-04-12 | 7.0 | 69 km ENE of San Luis, Mexico | 13 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1905-05-09 | 7.0 | 166 km WSW of Corral del Risco (Punta de Mita), Mexico | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1919-04-17 | 7.0 | 31 km SE of Champerico, Guatemala | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1925-12-10 | 6.9 | 4 km NNW of El Palmarcito, Mexico | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1945-06-27 | 6.9 | 59 km SW of Bahía de Lobos, Mexico | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1912-12-09 | 6.9 | 33 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico | 50 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1994-03-14 | 6.9 | 6 km ENE of Rizo de Oro, Mexico | 164 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1989-04-25 | 6.9 | 7 km ESE of San Marcos, Mexico | 19 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2009-08-03 | 6.9 | 96 km WNW of Bahía de Kino, Mexico | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1940-05-19 | 6.9 | The 1940 Imperial Valley, California Earthquake | 6 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1935-06-29 | 6.8 | 20 km W of La Placita de Morelos, Mexico | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1932-07-07 | 6.8 | 90 km SW of La Libertad, Mexico | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1949-11-20 | 6.8 | 52 km SW of Bahía de Kino, Mexico | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1939-12-05 | 6.8 | 17 km NE of Champerico, Guatemala | 45 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1931-01-02 | 6.8 | 256 km SW of La Cruz de Loreto, Mexico | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1930-07-14 | 6.8 | 8 km NNW of Moyuta, Guatemala | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2022-09-22 | 6.8 | 55 km SSW of Aguililla, Mexico🌊 | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1973-08-28 | 6.8 | 8 km N of San Felipe Tílpam, Mexico | 84 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1993-09-03 | 6.8 | 38 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico | 27 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2002-04-18 | 6.8 | 27 km SSW of Nuxco, Mexico | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1956-02-09 | 6.8 | 34km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX | 6 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1923-08-28 | 6.8 | 80 km SSW of El Huitusi, Mexico | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1972-11-13 | 6.8 | 70 km SE of Santa Gertrudis Miramar, Mexico | 14 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1953-09-30 | 6.8 | 116 km SW of Mazatlán, Mexico | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1908-10-13 | 6.7 | 11 km SSE of Hacienda de Cabañas, Mexico | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1944-01-10 | 6.7 | 6 km SW of Tenexpa, Mexico | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1965-12-06 | 6.7 | 219 km WSW of La Cruz de Loreto, Mexico | 12 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1933-05-08 | 6.7 | 14 km N of San Luis de La Loma, Mexico | 30 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1969-08-17 | 6.7 | 101 km SW of Topolobampo, Mexico | 30 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2015-09-13 | 6.7 | 95 km SW of Topolobampo, Mexico🌊 | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2008-10-16 | 6.7 | 19 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico | 24 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1988-06-18 | 6.7 | 76 km SW of Bahía de Lobos, Mexico | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |