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Historic Earthquake
1917 Mexico Earthquake
29 December 1917 · Near Oaxaca Coast · Mexico
On 29 December 1917 at 22:50 UTC, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Mexico (Near Oaxaca Coast), at a depth of 33 km. It occurred on the Cocos Plate, 46 km from its boundary with the North American Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 29 December 1917
- Time
- 22:50 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.7
- Depth
- 33 km
- Plate
- Cocos Plate
- Country
- Mexico
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1978Oaxaca · M 7.79 deaths
- 19651965 Oaxaca Earthquake · M 7.86 deaths
- 19571957 Guerrero Earthquake · M 7.965 deaths
- 19311931 Oaxaca Earthquake · M 7.9
- 1928Oaxaca · M 7.6
- 1928Oaxaca · M 7.74 deaths
- 1928Oaxaca · M 7.7
- 1903Off Coast of Guerrero · M 7.7
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth