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Historic Earthquake
1902 Mexico Earthquake
23 September 1902 · Venustiano Carranza, Chiapas · Mexico
On 23 September 1902 at 20:18 UTC, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Mexico (Venustiano Carranza, Chiapas), at a depth of 100 km. It occurred on the North American Plate, 307 km from its boundary with the Cocos Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 23 September 1902
- Time
- 20:18 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.8
- Depth
- 100 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VIII (Mercalli)
- Plate
- North American Plate
- Country
- Mexico
- Nearest Volcano
- El Chichón (108 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20262026 Huancayo Earthquake · M 7.3
- 20172017 Oaxaca and Chiapas Earthquake · M 8.298 deaths
- 1993Southwest, Mexico · M 7.21 deaths
- 19591959 Coatzacoalcos Earthquake · M 6.925 deaths
- 1950San Marcos · M 7.5
- 1935Tuxtla Gutierrez, Guatemala · M 7.3
- 1921Guatemala · M 7.1
- 1914Chiapas · M 7.5
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth