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Historic Earthquake
1909 Mexico Earthquake
31 October 1909 · Guerrero, Michoacan · Mexico
On 31 October 1909 at 10:23 UTC, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Mexico (Guerrero, Michoacan). It occurred on the Cocos Plate, 10 km from its boundary with the North American Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 31 October 1909
- Time
- 10:23 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.1
- Plate
- Cocos Plate
- Country
- Mexico
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 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
- 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