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Historic Earthquake
1912 Mexico Earthquake
19 September 1912 · Acambay-Tixmadeje · Mexico
On 19 September 1912 at 13:00 UTC, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Mexico (Acambay-Tixmadeje). It occurred on the North American Plate, 372 km from its boundary with the Cocos Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 19 September 1912
- Time
- 13:00 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Plate
- North American Plate
- Country
- Mexico
- Nearest Volcano
- Jocotitlán (23 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20172017 Central Mexico Earthquake · M 7.1369 deaths
- 1985Sw Coast, Mexico City · M 7.6
- 19801980 Oaxaca Earthquake · M 6.4300 deaths
- 19791979 Petatlán Earthquake · M 7.65 deaths
- 19641964 Guerrero Earthquake · M 7.378 deaths
- 1912Central, Acambay · M 6.7202 deaths
- 1908Guerrero · M 8.1
- 1902Guerrero · M 7.02 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth