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Historic Earthquake
1921 Mexico Earthquake
30 April 1921 · Near Coast of Jalisco · Mexico
On 30 April 1921 at 11:04 UTC, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Mexico (Near Coast of Jalisco). It occurred on the North American Plate, 143 km from its boundary with the Cocos Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 30 April 1921
- Time
- 11:04 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.7
- Plate
- North American Plate
- Country
- Mexico
- Nearest Volcano
- Colima (74 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20222022 Western México Earthquake · M 7.62 deaths
- 19951995 Colima-Jalisco Earthquake · M 8.050 deaths
- 19851985 Mexico City Earthquake · M 8.19,500 deaths
- 19411941 Colima Earthquake · M 7.684 deaths
- 1932Central · M 7.775 deaths
- 1932Central, Colima · M 7.8
- 19321932 Jalisco Earthquake · M 8.1400 deaths
- 19111911 Michoacán Earthquake · M 7.6
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth