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Historic Earthquake
1900 Mexico Earthquake
20 January 1900 · Mexico
On 20 January 1900 at 06:33 UTC, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Mexico, at a depth of 10 km. It occurred on the North American Plate, 119 km from its boundary with the Rivera Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 20 January 1900
- Time
- 06:33 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.3
- Depth
- 10 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VIII (Mercalli)
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- North American Plate
- Country
- Mexico
- Nearest Volcano
- Mascota Volcanic Field (66 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20222022 Western México Earthquake · M 7.62 deaths
- 19951995 Colima-Jalisco Earthquake · M 8.050 deaths
- 19731973 Colima Earthquake · M 7.556 deaths
- 19411941 Colima Earthquake · M 7.684 deaths
- 1932Central · M 7.775 deaths
- 1932Central, Colima · M 7.8
- 19321932 Jalisco Earthquake · M 8.1400 deaths
- 1921Near Coast of Jalisco · M 7.7
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth