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Historic Earthquake
1907 Guerrero Earthquake
15 April 1907 · Guerrero · Mexico
On 15 April 1907 at 06:08 UTC, a magnitude 8.3 earthquake struck Mexico (Guerrero), at a depth of 60 km. It occurred on the North American Plate, 81 km from its boundary with the Cocos Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 8 people. It is the 32nd most powerful of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 15 April 1907
- Time
- 06:08 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.3
- Depth
- 60 km
- Deaths
- 8
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (2.0 m wave)
- Plate
- North American Plate
- Country
- Mexico
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1985Sw Coast, Mexico City · M 7.6
- 19851985 Mexico City Earthquake · M 8.19,500 deaths
- 19791979 Petatlán Earthquake · M 7.65 deaths
- 19571957 Guerrero Earthquake · M 7.965 deaths
- 19111911 Guerrero Earthquake · M 7.6
- 1909Acapulco · M 7.8
- 1908Guerrero · M 7.5
- 1908Guerrero · M 8.1
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth