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Historic Earthquake
1908 Mexico Earthquake
27 March 1908 · Guerrero · Mexico
On 27 March 1908 at 03:45 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Mexico (Guerrero). It occurred on the North American Plate, 43 km from its boundary with the Cocos Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 27 March 1908
- Time
- 03:45 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Plate
- North American Plate
- Country
- Mexico
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 19851985 Mexico City Earthquake · M 8.19,500 deaths
- 19571957 Guerrero Earthquake · M 7.965 deaths
- 19411941 Colima Earthquake · M 7.684 deaths
- 19111911 Guerrero Earthquake · M 7.6
- 19111911 Michoacán Earthquake · M 7.6
- 1909Acapulco · M 7.8
- 1908Guerrero · M 8.1
- 19071907 Guerrero Earthquake · M 8.38 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth